Finally ... PAS okays I-Dance campaign

Sun2surf |
PAS leaders here have given the I-Dance Campaign the thumbs up after the state government agreed to segregate male Muslim participants from the female dancers.

At a meeting between PAS leaders and state government officials last weekend to discuss issues raised by PAS concerning the potential “unhealthy” elements of the campaign, it was agreed that female and male Muslim participants would not be allowed to perform dances together.

State sports and youth exco Ong Kok Fooi said the earlier objections by PAS against the dance campaign was due to a misunderstanding about some details.

“We had to explain to them the details of the campaign and that we are actually encouraging youths to participate in healthy activities like street dancing in an open air environment instead of them going to nightclubs and discos,” she said.[read more]

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