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Divorce rate makes state wake up to the magic of love
Terengganu aims to boost marital happiness index by hiring image consultants
- AP
- Published: 00:00 November 3, 2009
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Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian state government fretting about rising divorces said yesterday it will offer classes on romance to help couples stay together.
Officials will hire image consultants to hold workshops providing tips for wives on how to remain attractive, including using perfume and wearing lingerie to spice up their sex life, said Mohammad Ramli Nuh, a lawmaker in northern Terengganu state. Husbands should wear clean pyjamas and reduce body odour.
The state will also invite cosmetics manufacturers to come up with special scents meant to "help sustain the happiness" in marriages, he said.
Authorities in the Muslim-majority state are also urging couples to spend as much time together to boost their rapport, including by praying, eating and bathing together.
"Their time together shouldn't only be in the bedroom sleeping," Nuh said.
A top official in the state's Islamic development council, Nuh did not immediately have data on divorces in Terengganu, but said it was "becoming a problem that must be tackled".
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