Promote Deepavali instead of Halloween, says MP


EVENT organisers such as the Tourism Ministry have been urged to promote local cultural celebrations instead Western events such as Halloween, says Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin.

The Masjid Tanah MP said such events were not part of local culture yet it was recently promoted by the Tourism Ministry.

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