Malaysia fejrer sin 50-årsdag ved at få uret til at gå baglæns

Achievements in the war against sin; banning miniskirts, chastising unmarried couples and renaming Khota Bharu’s favourite beauty spot. When it came to power in 1990, it changed the name to Moonlight Beach.

It also closed down nightclubs, banned nearly all bars except a few Chinese restaurants where no Muslims are allowed, and refused to let a proposed cinema open unless there were separate sections for men and women and the lights remained on to prevent immorality.

The Chief Minister is said to have mellowed since then and this year looked favourably on a proposal to open an alcohol-free disco for tourists. The idea never got off the ground after he insisted it be single-sex.

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