Zuraida: Let's all pray Rosmah changes her ways
Prime minister’s wife Rosmah Mansor’s revelation yesterday that her hairdo costs RM1,200 is both un-Islamic and unbecoming of someone of her stature, PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin said.
Prime minister’s wife Rosmah Mansor’s revelation yesterday that her hairdo costs RM1,200 is both un-Islamic and unbecoming of someone of her stature, PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin said.
Telling the world of her “spendthrift” ways rubs salt into the wounds of the people who have to live off a minimum wage of RM900 a month, which is even lower that what Rosmah spends on her hair, Zuraida said.
“Islam teaches us to be moderate in all aspects of life and to avoid being boastful and to show off our wealth. Islam also teaches us to dress humbly.
“Let all Malaysians pray that Rosmah changes her spendthrift lifestyle. May Allah guide her to the right path,” Zuraida (left) said in statement this afternoon.
Rosmah yesterday lamented that tailors and hairdressers now overcharge and claim the high cost it is “service tax”.
She said her hairdresser charges her RM1,200 for a house call while getting a baju kurung sewed costs RM500, and that this is hard on housewives like herself who do not earn their own income.
Rosmah said this at a GST briefing with the Welfare Association of the Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers (Bakti).
With the GST, she said, tailors and hairdressers can no longer claim they are charging “sales tax” because the GST replaces the sales and services tax.
In response, Deputy Finance Minister Ahmad Maslan said the government would consider issuing a pricing guideline for “home services”.
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