Trapped in lift

Friday February 13, 2009

Abdullah trapped in lift for 30 mins

PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was trapped in a lift for 30 minutes when the doors jammed at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre.

The Prime Minister, accompanied by Malacca Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Khalil Yaakob and Public Service Department (PSD) director-general Tan Sri Ismail Adam, had taken the lift to the concourse where he was to deliver a speech at the PSD Diamond Jubilee celebrations at 10.30am.

In his speech at the function later, Ismail touched on the unfortunate incident.

“When we reached the concourse, the lift would not open, so we had to spend about half an hour in there while waiting for someone to pry open the doors.

“We did not panic and all was calm until the doors were finally opened for us to get out and join all of you,” he said.

He apologised to the guests-of-honour saying that it was not the welcome he would have hoped for.

Abdullah later launched the celebrations and showed no sign of having been affected by the incident.

In his speech, Abdullah said the PSD must work wholeheartedly to push for excellence in achieving the ever-changing goals in an ever-changing environment.

He said the department was the backbone of implementing government policies which ensured that the country maintained its competitiveness.

He said the PSD was behind every change and shift in the country’s de-velopment since its inception in 1934 and was also key in ensuring the effectiveness of the public service sector.

As such, he said the level of success the department was constantly trying to achieve was high and it needed to be capable of making dynamic changes to ensure that its service was at its best.

“There is no end to the challenges that the PSD faces, especially in dealing with the expectations of the leaders and the public, but I am happy to see that it has risen to the challenges each time,” he said.

I was surprised when i read today's newspaper which carries the news that our PM, Datuk Seri Abdullah was trapped in a lift for 30 mins at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre.Never did I expect out PM was also having the same predicament with my mommy.

Yup!! Mommy was trapped in a lift alone at the Kompleks Majlis Perbandaran Batu Pahat Barat for 15 mins.Apparently, mommy went there to pay assessment fee on the 12th floor and while she was on her way down to the ground floor, the cursed lift stucked on what she believed to be the 8th floor.Needless to say, the lift was very dark and no electricity so mommy panicked and banged and shouted for 5 mins before she heard someone said, " Nanti !! " Poor mommy's thumb was swollen after the constant banging and her voice became hoarse too after shouthing for 5 mins >.<

Mommy told me she didn't thought of using her shoes to bang on the door of the lift and the torchlight of her HP because she was panicked jor lar... She scared she'll fainted inside due to lack of oxygen so she banged and shouted until someone responded. Heng ah, she was out of that cursed lift after 15 mins because the Kompleks has their own generator.It seems that the Kompleks was frequently having blackouts according to mommy's friend.

Our poor PM wasn't so lucky lor, but at least he wasn't alone when he was trapped inside the lift.

If this situation happens to me, I think I would cry buckets, panicked, banged and shouted too.Maybe even develop phobia and nightmare....Scary lar, iye... *touchwood*