Dua anggota polisi Bangladesh bertugas di kota Dhaka

Para anggota baru polisi di Bangladesh kini mendapat pelatihan khusus mengenai kiat tampil dan berbusana rapi saat bertugas.

Dengar ceritanya

The idea, according to Mazharal Haque, the vice principal of Bangladesh's top police academy, is to turn this batch of new recruits into world-class police leaders, fit to serve in United Nations Peacekeeping missions anywhere on the planet. They have just received lessons in grooming, personal hygiene, physical fitness, skincare, diet and dining etiquette.

Kaniz Almas Khan, who runs a chain of smart beauty parlours in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, as well as in Thailand, was also invited to show the new recruits how to wear clothes in matching colours. She also gave the 140 men and women a lesson in how to choose a good perfume and aftershave. She was quoted by the French Press Agency, AFP, as saying that the male officers were just as keen as the female officers, if not more, on looking good. "I was surprised to be asked," she said, "but it's great that people are becoming more conscious of their looks."

Mark Dummett, BBC News, Dhaka

Dengar kata-katanya

batch of new recruits
kelompok orang yang baru saja bergabung untuk memperkuat suatu lembaga atau organisasi (di sini kepolisian)

fit to serve
cakap dan siap untuk bekerja

grooming
membuat diri tampak menarik dengan menyisir rambut, memakai kosmestik, dsb

skincare
membasuh dan membersihkan kulit, khususnya wajah (dengan sabun dan air atau dengan krim dan minyak khusus)

dining etiquette
etika bersantap, cara berperilaku yang sopan atau diterima masyarakat saat bersantap

a chain
jaringan bisnis yang dimiliki satu orang atau sebuah perusahaan

smart beauty parlours
salon atau toko kecantikan terkemuka

matching colours
warna yang pantas dan bersesuaian

just as keen as
sama-sama bersemangat

more conscious of their looks
lebih sadar atau memperhatikan penampilan