I know someone who declined, and continues to decline

He says that titles like any other gifts in Asian society come with future obligations attached

well..kinda true also

but hey when become dato i dun see any  chance to becum poorfag dato la

confirm ppl datang sembah kaki u and offer money wan..

That will make u automatically a vip.

Imagine if u want to eat at this restaurant but need to wait coz its packed, you can skirt all This first come first serve by showing your datuk/dato title. Note that datuk is from agong and dato is from state.