Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin said a student body's move to initiate a judicial review against guidelines on concerts at public universities is a waste of time.
This is as he had said that a draft of the guidelines - which was panned for being too restrictive - has not been approved.
"I have said before this, the guidelines have not been approved. So this is a waste of time.
"I have said, (the guidelines) are not there, because I didn't approve it. So why do you want a judicial review on something I didn't approve?" he was quoted as saying by Sinar Harian today.
He was responding to Universiti Malaya Association of New Youth (Umany), which launched a crowdfunding campaign over the weekend so that it could file a judicial review against the proposed guidelines.
This is as there is no black and white that Khaled had rejected the guidelines - which, among others, moot gender segregation.
Previously on Friday, Khaled (above) said he had not yet approved the proposal.
That same day, he said he preferred for student councils to self-regulate concerts on campus so that the ministry did not need to.
“I have always talked about empowering the university students so I would like them to set the guidelines themselves; so I will wait for them to send it,” he had said.
On Aug 31, China Press reported that the ministry has produced the ‘Guidelines for Entertainment Activities (Concerts) in Higher Education Institutions’.
Among others, it reportedly calls for the audience of such concerts to be gender-segregated, with an additional section designated for families.
Attendees would be required to follow a modest dress code, which prohibits the wearing of clothing featuring Illuminati, pro-LGBT, or pornographic symbols, as well as “punk” hairstyles.
Furthermore, artistes are restricted from cross-dressing or wearing attire that is typical of the opposite gender - for instance, male performers are prohibited from wearing earrings, bracelets, and shorts.
According to China Press, local higher education institutions received the guidelines on Aug 30.
The UM Students' Union (UMSU) has come up with its own guidelines for concerts, which it hoped the Higher Education Ministry would use as a reference. - Mkini
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