KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu government has declared Sundays as Batik Day in the state.Besides state civil servants, said state Tourism, Culture, Environment and Climate Change Committee chairman Datuk Razali Idris, private sector employees, self-employed individuals, entrepreneurs and Terengganu residents in general are all encouraged to wear batik on Sundays, Bernama reported.
The move, he said, is in line with Putrajaya’s move to elevate the status of batik.“The state government supports the Federal Government’s (effort to encourage) the wearing of batik at any time, including the mandatory batik dress code (for civil servants) on Thursdays.
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