Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Time magazine named him "Asia’s Newsmaker" in 1998


"If you don’t know how to ride a horse, you will fall off. I have fallen off a horse three times. But to get the balance, to be in rhythm with the animal and all that, is something that you can achieve only if you learn. I had to learn about finance." - Mahathir Mohamad, Putrajaya, 2003.

"History is a great teacher which can help us create a better world. But unfortunately the lessons of history are often ignored, sometimes deliberately. And because we ignore the lessons of history we keep on repeating the mistakes of the past and we suffer accordingly." - Mahathir Mohamad, International Association of Historians of Asia, 2000.

Under Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s premiership:

- Time zones between the peninsula and Sabah and Sarawak synchronised
- Punch card system introduced in all public departments
- "Bersih, Cekap, Amanah"
- Malaysia Inc. launched
- Privatization Policy introduced
- Foreign Direct Investment launched
- Manufacturing Industries formed
- Improving ASEAN trade
- Bank Islam established
- International Islamic University of Malaysia opened
- First national car project launched – PROTON
- Penang Bridge, Southeast Asia’s longest, built
- Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eight Malaysia plans launched
- Bahasa Baku programme introduced in lower secondary schools
- Vision 2020 revealed
- Malaysia Online with project Jaring launched
- Tenaga Nasional and Telekom Malaysia privatised
- North South Highway completed
- Multimedia Super Corridor, with Cyberjaya as its hub, formed
- Measat 1, Malaysia’s first satellite, launched into space
- Petronas Twin Towers, the world’s tallest twin buildings, completed
- Light Rail Transit changes the face of urban transportation
- KL International Airport in Sepang opened
- Formula One races in Malaysia
- OIC's Chairman
- Global Business Networking among muslim nations
- Pegging of RM3.8 to US$1 during the 1997 financial crisis
- Improving Malaysia-China trade
- Malaysian Model in Investment and Economic Development
- Putrajaya becomes administrative centre

7 comments:

  1. He's the man behind Malaysia SUCCESS.May Allah SWT bless Tun Mahathir....Amin

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  2. Dari sekecil kepada yang sebesar besarnya, apa yang dicurahkannya kepada ugama, bangsa dan negaranya akan menjadi sejarah umpama air laut yang tidak kering dan tersimpan segala khazanah di dasarnya.

    Tapi bagi mereka yang sebaliknya tentulah Nik Aziz, Anwar dan Paklah lebih hebat !!! lantak kau oranglah...

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  3. Salam 'Idil Fitri,

    Tidak dapat dinafikan budi dan jasa Tun Mahathir kepada bangsa, agama dan negara. Tetapi ada bangsa yang terlalu jumud pemikiran sahaja yang melebelkan beliau mahafiraun.

    Tun Mahathir menyelamatkan negara kerana ketamakan kuasa Anwar al-jub, tetapi PAS bersubahat dengan Anwar al-jub dalam kemungkarannya...

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  4. Bagus islah kerana mengeluarkan fakta sebegini. Mungkin akan memberi kesedaran kepada mereka yg sering menggelar atau memanggil Tun DM dengan gelaran2 buruk, terutama yg ditulis penyokong pembangkang dalam blog ini.

    Jika nak dibandingkan taraf Tun DM dengan mereka yang sering mengutuk beliau, tak terukur jarak tarafnya. Jasa si pengutuk entah bagaimanalah agaknya nak dibandingkan dengan org yang dikutuknya.

    Realitinya, mereka mengutuk Tun DM dlm blog/laman web yang mana jaringan internet itu sendiri diusahakan oleh Tun DM dan barisan kabinetnya bagi kemudahan rakyat Malaysia.

    Sedangkan anjing di Timor Laste pun tahu hormat pada pihak berkuasa di sana, inikan pula segelintir manusia di sini yg sering memperlekehkan pihak berkuasa dalam negara sendiri. Lebih hina dari anjing la mereka2 ini gamaknya.

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  5. Creative thinking thru excellence leadership...hehehe!
    Bukan macam pakatan riot...asyik nak berdemo jer yang dia tahu...macam hanjing! Bila lapar menyalak!
    PR = IQ + EQ = 0

    UB

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  6. I had to learn about finance." - Mahathir Mohamad, Putrajaya, 2003.

    That is something Brader Mat King Leather never did while he was Minister of Finance. Never learn.

    megawati menangih bilo tun resign.

    rudy
    kampung daching, ulu beranang ns

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