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Too posh to push?

A few weeks ago, there was a phone in session over the radio (BFM) on the Damansara Heights (situated in a luxurious uptown part of KL) Residents' Association President, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Abd Rahaman's statement where he had the cheek to tell the press that his neighbours do not want the MRT stations to be located anywhere near their neighbourhood as they preferred to drive in their Jaguars and their other luxury cars!
Passengers on a train in Bihar
' “People in our area will not use this (the MRT). People from other areas... pass through our area to go to town. That makes the whole place jammed (already),” he added. Abdul Aziz also pointed out that land was scarce in the affluent neighbourhood, which counts ministers, tycoons and top civil servants as among its residents.'
Here we are, everybody trying to crack their heads trying to draft a master plan to modernize our public transportation in line with any developed nation but it seems now that everything is just lip service. Sure, the ministers and the learned individuals encourage the masses to car pool and use public transport. This is, however, only for others to follow, so much for leadership by example. I remember one of my teachers in secondary school who had a problem with the bottle used to tell us, "Do as I say, not as I do!" The same analogy can be applied here. We have one set of rules for the haves and one for the have not!
Probably, the affluent passengers are too posh to push for a place in the bus just we did many years ago.
Posh spice
Talking about too posh to push, gone are the days when ladies are going to take the uncertainty of labour and the gruelling pain of parturition lying down (no pun intended). Just like the many high ranking position that they hold and the split second decisions that they need to make, they want to be in control. Or are they simply too posh to push, be put in a helpless situation where they are at the mercy and compassion of lowly medical and midwifery staff. Hence, many posh mothers rather opt to go under knife for a Caesarean section than spontaneous natural labour. They cite age factor, conserving anatomical structures, reducing incidence of urinary problems in later life as well as myriad of other reasons, including delivering baby at an auspicious time when the stars are at a pleasing constellation so that their newborns' lives would be as posh as theirs! 

http://www.malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/newscommentaries/38184-rich-say-dont-need-mrt-but-poor-welcome-it
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  1. Anonymous4 March 2011 at 10:08

    Double standard everywhere . The posh will always have the final say....

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