It was splashed across major newspapers a picture of our Prime Minister taking a KTM commuter train. He took the train yesterday at 8:15 am from Serdang station to the Sentral then changed to LRT to Masjid Jamek. He was not pleased with the ride. He was not satisfied and wanted immediate improvements to be made. He said the existing services were not systematic, there were not enough coaches and coverage was not comprehensive, leaving many areas not serviced. (The lamentations of people since day one of the commencement of services many years ago were not heard by him ?! *x%?#)
He saw people jostling to get on board every time a train arrived. There appeared to be no system. He noted the train was overcrowded.
Anyway, he has set a good example for other government officials by "turun padang" (going down to the field) to see the plight and hardship of people. Luckily the KTM train did not breakdown as it was the common occurrence to many passengers.
Can changes come? God knows. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad took a train ride a few months ago and expressed the same sentiments. Nothing happened till today. Are they just doing publicity stance? (headline news？）
I hoped more officials can move their fat assｅｓ out out their fat office chairｓ more often, to see for themselves the plight of ordinary citizens.
今天许多主要报章都以首相乘搭电动火车为头条新闻。首相昨天早上八十十五分，从沙登站乘搭电动火车到中环广场，再转搭轻快铁到查米回教堂站。他对这交通系统非常不满意，并声言必须马上要有改善。
他说这系统涵盖地区不够广泛，许多地区没得到这项服务的连接，而且投入服务的车厢也不足够。整个马来亚铁道局的电动火车和轻快铁的系统非常的差劲。（打从这系统投入服务的第一天，人民已经怨声载道，难道他没有听到过吗!??? 真的是 #%*#% ）
他注意到当火车到站时，人们争先恐后的推挤上车，没有制度和系统。他也说车厢实在是太拥挤了。
无论如何，他本身作出了一个好榜样，亲身到民间体验普通人民的日常生活的不便和困难。(幸好当时火车没出故障。这是常发生的事）。
从今后，这服务会不会有改善？天知道吧！数月前，国内商务及消费部长沙里尔也曾乘火车上班，也是发出同样的评语，但到今天，没看到任何改变。这是不是都是公关的伎俩？ （头条新闻？？）
我确是希望更多的高官，能够把他们的肥油屁股，移离那张宽大的椅子，走出办公室，亲身去考察人民生活，关注民瘼，加以改善。
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