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RAK municipality asks labourers to wear appropriate clothing

The municipality has instructed people living in labour accommodation situated in the vicinity of residential areas to make themselves presentable in public and to avoid wearing the "lungi" (a wraparound).

  • By Nasouh Nazzal, Staff Reporter
  • Published: 00:07 October 2, 2008
  • Gulf News

Ras Al Khaimah: The municipality has instructed people living in labour accommodation situated in the vicinity of residential areas to make themselves presentable in public and to avoid wearing the "lungi" (a wraparound).

A senior municipal official said the instructions had been passed on to both landlords and labourers by municipal inspectors.

The official said the authorities had seen repeated efforts to address the issue being sidestepped.

The municipality had received several complaints about expatriates living in labour accommodation wearing inappropriate clothes and frequenting residential areas, the official said.

The complaints were of an extremely serious nature and mandated that the police, the courts and the higher authorities be involved, he said.

The official said the municipality agreed with the families and was aware of their concerns and called on labourers to avoid wearing lungis when venturing out of their camps and said it would be even better if they could avoid wearing lungis in their accommodations as well.

In Ras Al Khaimah, many residential buildings overlook labour accommodation, with balconies and kitchens of apartments often facing the areas.

Repeated complaints

Females living in the apartments have repeatedly complained about inappropriately dressed men preoccupied with washing clothes or preparing food to even notice that their attire was not appropriate.

The official said the fact that the labourers were in the habit of going out in their lungis and ignorant of the effect of their actions made the problem worse.

The official said the municipality would issue guidelines setting out a dress code for labourers in and outside their accommodation.

The authorities were strictly opposed to people appearing in lungis in public and, once a set of rules was drawn up and implemented, the issue was expected to be sorted out, he said.

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