Good sense prevails in Pos Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, 16 Jan -- Petugas Pos Malaysia, Nurul Nadia Natasha Zainal Abidin menunjukkan siri setem baharu yang bertemakan haiwan berjudul Haiwan dengan Pelbagai Peranan: Anjing Kerja selepas sidang media mengenai setem itu hari ini.Pos Malaysia mengeluarkan tiga setem dalam dominasi 60 sen untuk setiap satu dengan memaparkan lakaran Anggota Bomba dan Anjing Border Collie, Polis dan Anjing Belgian Shepherd serta Orang Buta dan Anjing Golden Retriever, yang boleh diperoleh di pejabat pos bermula Khamis ini.--fotoBERNAMA (2018) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

I READ with dismay, then relief, a few news reports in The Star recently related to the upcoming Year of the Dog. The dismay stemmed from reading about T-shirt designs for the Dog and Pig Years leaving out the images of the dog and pig and another report of the dilemma faced by ang pow designers on whether to include the dog image or not.

However, I was delighted when I read that Pos Malaysia is releasing a new stamp series featuring Working Dogs (New stamp series pays tribute to working dogs, The Star, Jan 17). This is not because I’m a dog lover but because good sense has prevailed. Stamps are widely used by all so it is a huge message from a national agency that dog images are not offensive.