Muslim dress imposed at offices

Muslim dress imposed at offices

TANGERANG: Starting next week, the Tangerang municipality
administration will impose a new dress code for civil servants,
including wearing Muslim clothing on Fridays.

Head of the information and communication agency Achmad
Chairuddin said on Monday that civil servants were to wear the
government-issue brown uniform from Monday through Thursday and
jogging suits every Friday morning.

Civil servants are to change from jogging suits into the
traditional, Muslim high-collared and loose koko shirt for men
and headscarves for women.

"The new arrangement is a direct order from the Mayor, who
wants efficiency in the budget. Moreover, Muslim dress reflects
the municipality's devout image," he said.

Currently, civil servants must wear green official uniforms on
Mondays.

Civil servants have welcomed the new dress code.

"The administration distributes the brown uniforms every year,
but we buy the green uniform and jogging suit with our own
money," said a staffer at the public works agency. -- JP