(2) why is this newsworthy ?

Peak hour ? Some end up giving first train a miss . This article is adopted from ‘Home’ section of straits time today (29.01.08) .

In my opinon , i find this article newsworthy as it concerns about 80-90% of the singaporeans. Due to the increase of global warming , singapore’s government strongly recommend every singaporean to take public transport like the MRT instead of owning personal cars which will contribute to the air pollution.

However, the MRT is extremely packed during peak hours. The part that is most annoying was to squeeze with the crowd.  As you just got a shower from home , getting fresh, preparing to go for work . Instead of getting yourself fresh and ready for work , you will most probably be drenched by sweat.

Other then that , you will also hear and feel someone else’s breathing. Don’t you find it disgusting? In addition, if it got to be in the evening where everyone knock off from work, some people do stinks with the sweats on them. And being in an air conditioned place, the ‘aroma’ simply diffuse at a faster rate.

Despite of feeling uncomfortable taking the public transport, MRT is still essential and play an important role in our life as it is fast, convenient and economical.

However, if we ever got to take a look at the trains in hong kong , you will find yourself fortunate to be in singapore. The reason being is that hong kong’s trains are actually much more packed then the MRTs in singapore. Not only that you have to stand, you will also have to squeeze so much that your face will most probably be sticking on to the door !  

 Hence , i still find it ironic that singapore government strongly encourages us to take public transport yet it is always so packed by people . However i do find mself lucky as i am not one of vicitim suffering in the MRT !

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