Dressing Down

The energy conservation campaign has resulted in one important change: officials now dress more functionally, less pretentiously.

July 19, 2005

Presidential Instruction No. 10/2005 was intended to be one way of conserving energy. Whether it does or not remains to be seen. But there has been one unintentional and immediate "cultural" impact: the campaign has launched a quiet revolution involving etiquette and dress inside the presidential palace.

As part of the effort to reduce electricity consumption, air-conditioners in the presidential palace and other government

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