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Dr Mahathir, a review
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Publish date: Fri, 03 Feb 2017, 01:28 PM
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called father of Development, Malaysia , bapa pembangunan.
Malaysia strongman, 1981 - 2003.
Author of Malay Dilemma, which forms the basis of his term in office.
always controversial,
His style is direct, intelligent, analytical, excellent speaker, even candid for a politician.
Done many good things and some stupid things , mostly in hindsight.
Now that he is leading a movement against the incumbents, it is popular in the media to discredit him. I will not fall into that trap.
We have to look at the good and the bad in a balanced manner and not judge too harshly based on hindsight.
Take the Proton project. He has his share of critics in the project. It has caused our consumers lots of money in higher car prices. But, in the 80s , it was very popular to follow the Korean and Japan model for a government led industrialization program. Mahathir has always been ambitious, if nothing else.
The Bahasa Malaysia program. Here he succumbs to politics particularly UMNO politics. But , he has always knew English as an international language cannot be ignored. That is why, in the 2000s, he led the movement to make sure Science and Maths is taught in English as an option. Final rating, he has failed Malaysia .
The NEP. This is a qualified success. Malaysia is better off with the thousands of Malays overseas graduates than without. The Malay dilemma is real and cannot be swept under the carpet in a country such as Malaysia....just be grateful , Malaysia did not follow the path of Idi Amin of Uganda. Since the Malays can breed like rabbits and the Chinese has an average of 2.3 children, it is unavoidable that the percentage of Chinese labor force will decline year by year. The Chinese alone cannot hold up the sky. We need a nation of well educated Malays in order to prosper. With the thriving private sector, I think the Chinese in Malaysia will do fine, economically at least. Everyday, you open the business pages, you still mainly see Chinese faces there.
Financial management. I had the privilege to meet Dr M in the 80s and asked him about infrastructure spending. He says Malaysia no money yet and has to delay some projects. I asked M where is the swimming pool? He says his official residence ( in Damansara, that is before PutraJaya) has no swimming pool. Lets compare his time with Najib time. M's time, no GST but got petrol subsidy. Najib time got GST but no subsidy. On the whole, M had been kind to the rakyat.
All in, I rate Dr M as a true patriot, tried his best but come out short in some instances especially in relation to choosing his successor. Mr M is sharp, quick witted, internationally respected , and hated by some because he is a strong man with a look East policy.
Dr M time as PM coincides with the time when Malaysia is known as the tiger economy. Now, no more
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During the same period as well, Malaysia growth is slower than south Korea, taiwan and singapore.
2017-02-03 16:00
if you put too much enthusiasm on religion, you are having a mentality of going backword,which counter to forwarding looking, progressive ,scientific culture .That is reason causing many countries trapped in chaos and civil wars,like it is today in middle east.
2017-02-03 16:26
Dr M does not come across as too much of a religious man.
Religion is a problem of the people he ruled, not of his doing.
2017-02-03 17:39
The onus is on the parents.
When schools are hopeless, many parents still press their children to do well in school
Wrong strategy.
2017-02-04 11:01
The onus is on the parents
Its not how many As, its how good the children are in English, Chinese and others skills.
2017-02-04 13:34
must get a good education.
any Chinese children with good education, Malaysia is almost heaven like.
supply cannot keep up with demand.
2017-02-04 23:03
must get a good education.
any Chinese children with good education, Malaysia is almost heaven like.
supply cannot keep up with demand.
supply of university graduates is a lot
but supply of well educated and good people is very very limited.
2017-02-05 01:04
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