KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh yesterday delivered a subtle but stinging rebuke to a Netizen who asked her to "look the part" of a minister by wearing lipstick to work.
The Netizen, who goes by the name KR Wong on Facebook, was commenting on Yeoh's new profile picture on her official Facebook page yesterday.
"Hannah Yeoh, actually you're very pretty. Can you please use lipstick when you go to work?
"Now you're our minister, so you must look the part lah!" Wong said.
In response, Yeoh "thanked" Wong for the suggestion that she wears lipstick.
"I wear (lipstick) when I feel like it and I do not want to do it because I am compelled to.
"Make-up does not in any way affect the quality of my work and it should not in any way affect any women in their workplace."
She said no male politician would ever be told what cream he should put on his face.
"I expect nothing less than the same treatment accorded to the deputy ministers who are men," Yeoh said, ending her reply with a smiley.
Yeoh, who is Segambut member of parliament, is former Selangor speaker. When she was appointed in 2013, she was the country's first female speaker and the youngest ever, at age 34.