Sad to see Malaysia Reads campaign ignores our mass transit riders
From Terence Netto
About a million people ride the MRT, LRT and KTM Komuter trains in the Klang Valley every day.
The numbers are growing each year, which is to the good: imagine what the traffic jams on the roads would be if they were offloaded onto cars, buses and motorcycles.
We must hope more mass transit lines are built and more residents of the Klang Valley use them because commuters save time and money using them rather than cars and other vehicles.
A cursory glance within transit coaches is sure to reveal that the overwhelming majority of passengers, during their ride, are glued to their handheld mobile devices.
One hesitates to say they are reading the stuff on their screens.
More accurately, they are appraising digital stuff.
On very rare instances, a passenger would be holding a book or periodical; he or she would be actually reading something.
In fact, the sight—especially when it was of someone deeply absorbed in the print of a book or periodical—was as…
