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Sri Lanka considers banning mini-skirts
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<blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 9147602" data-attributes="member: 92282"><p><strong>Sri Lanka said Monday it was considering banning mini-skirts following complaints about women wearing skimpy clothing in the conservative island nation.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong><strong>Nimal Rubasinghe, secretary of the Cultural Affairs Ministry, said the government had received representations calling for a ban on wearing revealing clothing in public, though he declined to name the groups involved.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>"There have been complaints from various quarters about mini-skirts, but we are only considering them and no final decision has been taken," Rubasinghe told AFP.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Rubasinghe was responding to a media report that said the government had asked a committee to prepare a dress code for public places to ensure that mini-skirts were outlawed.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>The Lakbima News newspaper said mini-skirts could be banned if the cultural ministry had its way under a "new era of moral purity."</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>President Mahinda Rajapakse's government has recently ordered the removal of billboards featuring scantily-clad women and also launched a campaign to discourage the use of alcohol and tobacco.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Last year, US singer Akon was denied a visa to perform in Sri Lanka after Buddhist monks took offence at one of his videos that featured women in bikinis dancing around a pool in front of a Buddha statue.</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hDPFNGRW2f94i7wZXZqaaWcNAc7w?docId=CNG.f71414f35571f1928a7dc0dc8b6ff22e.2f1" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hDPFNGRW2f94i7wZXZqaaWcNAc7w?docId=CNG.f71414f35571f1928a7dc0dc8b6ff22e.2f1" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/img/afp_logo.gif?hl=en" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p> <img src="http://vvoice.vo.llnwd.net/e9/bassnectar-at-fillmore-miami-beach.5363888.87.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">"ahinsaka kello hire dawida ?"</span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">"mekada suba anagathe ?"</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">"mekada ascharya ?"</span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lkdood, post: 9147602, member: 92282"] [B]Sri Lanka said Monday it was considering banning mini-skirts following complaints about women wearing skimpy clothing in the conservative island nation. [/B][B]Nimal Rubasinghe, secretary of the Cultural Affairs Ministry, said the government had received representations calling for a ban on wearing revealing clothing in public, though he declined to name the groups involved.[/B] [B]"There have been complaints from various quarters about mini-skirts, but we are only considering them and no final decision has been taken," Rubasinghe told AFP.[/B] [B]Rubasinghe was responding to a media report that said the government had asked a committee to prepare a dress code for public places to ensure that mini-skirts were outlawed.[/B] [B]The Lakbima News newspaper said mini-skirts could be banned if the cultural ministry had its way under a "new era of moral purity."[/B] [B]President Mahinda Rajapakse's government has recently ordered the removal of billboards featuring scantily-clad women and also launched a campaign to discourage the use of alcohol and tobacco.[/B] [B]Last year, US singer Akon was denied a visa to perform in Sri Lanka after Buddhist monks took offence at one of his videos that featured women in bikinis dancing around a pool in front of a Buddha statue.[/B] [URL="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hDPFNGRW2f94i7wZXZqaaWcNAc7w?docId=CNG.f71414f35571f1928a7dc0dc8b6ff22e.2f1"] [IMG]http://www.google.com/hostednews/img/afp_logo.gif?hl=en[/IMG][/URL] [IMG]http://vvoice.vo.llnwd.net/e9/bassnectar-at-fillmore-miami-beach.5363888.87.jpg[/IMG] [B][SIZE=5] "ahinsaka kello hire dawida ?"[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]"mekada suba anagathe ?"[/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=5]"mekada ascharya ?"[/SIZE][/B] [/QUOTE]
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