BBC HARD TALK with Malaysian Former Prime Minister 1/3

Dr Mahathir Mohamed talks to Stephen Sackur 1/3
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During his term in office, Dr Mahathir turned Malaysia into a regional high-tech manufacturing, financial, and telecommunications hub through his economic policies based on corporate nationalism, known as the various "Malaysia Plans" which set out the government middle-term objectives. These policies with strong Keynesian tendency remained in effect almost to the end of his tenure in office.
Dr Mahathir is credited with spearheading the phenomenal growth of the Malaysian economy, now one of the largest in South East Asia.

Growth between 1988 and 1997 averaged over ten percent and living standards rose twentyfold, with poverty relatively almost eradicated and social indicators such as literacy levels and infant mortality rates becoming almost on par with developed countries.

During this period, Dr Mahathir embarked on various large scale national projects, such as the North-South Expressway, Multimedia Super Corridor, the planned capital city of Putrajaya, Johor's Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), the Bakun Dam in Sarawak, and the Petronas Twin Towers.

During the Asian financial crisis of 1997, IMF had prescribed a recovery package for Malaysia, but Dr Mahathir defied international pressure, his then rejecting the package. Though economic prosperity has been mixed since then, Mahathir argued that Malaysia's recovery was relatively faster and better, as compared to many other Asian countries affected. After the financial crisis, the IMF and World Bank acknowledged that Dr Mahathir's approach had worked.

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[hazzuar]

yang aku perasan, kalau ade video tentang Tun M, ade je scanzew2 ni beri komen.. kesian la rase.. sebab die sembang dalam internet.. dok pom pang pom pang, mahadir hutang, rugi, pong pang, jeng deng keng keng.. sia sia je kawan.. dalam youtube ni bukan tempat nye.. tu kat luar tu... berani? buat la ceramah skali...

[tagotigris]

@hazzuar aku rase si scanzew2 nie pencacai anwar..dia dibyr utk burukan Dr M.

[tagotigris]

Kenapakah Dr. Mahathir minat dengan Litar F1 Sepang? F1 merupakan sukan paling popular di peringkat antarabanga, teknologi enjin untuk kereta lumba abdalah teknologi tinggi, termasuk minyak yang digunakan. Ini semua membolehkan kita mempelajari teknologi tinggi. Semasa zaman Dr. M juga penyelidikan dalam teknologi tinggi digalakkan.Tertubuhnya MIMOS memfokuskan bidang elektronik juga merupakan sumbangan besar beliau. Pada fikiran Dr M, inilah cr utk majukan anak melayu dn ekonomi org melayu.

[scanzew2]

so ayt ko tnjukkn betapa vetonya DrM.apa yg dia mnat dia buat,so totally blame to DrM smpai mewaris hutg yg xtbayar smpai skrg,smpai generasi akn dtg.

mcm ayat BANGANG ko sblm ni kata 'project long term" tp prjk tu dh mati pn,xgenerate ape2 dh,so ape BODOnye ayt ko "pulangan LongTerm'?!

generasi akn dtg akn marah sbb terpaksa bayar hutg DrM dr projk SYOK SENDIRI dia sbb prjk dia dh tak generate ape!

zero,kosong,NADA!!

so tgk la mn Renong skang?!mn Perwaja skrg?!proton tu tggu DrM mati jela haha

[tagotigris]

@scanzew2 Org yg x blajar sains mcm ko nie x tau apa..dok mengarut dengan persoalan bodoh ko..dr tulisna ko saje dah nmpak yg ko nie bodoh dan ketinggalan...

[tagotigris]

@scanzew2 Org yg x balajr sains mcm ko ni x tau apa.Pulangan long term pon x tahu.ape ke bangang nye ko..setakat ko bc dr internet dan buat modal utk tulis kat sini, elok hentikan sebab ia nampak bodoh sangat.

[hookups88]

not everyone can talk like he does.

[TheDover15]

@YangBenar100 Lee Quan Yeu - telah mengkhianat Melayu. Tanah melayu di tukar kpd China??? Mana untung kita? Timbanglah sendiri.

[TheDover15]

I hope this is not another reseacrh activity to determine his que at the Iraqi/Egypt/Libya shoes.Where special laws are create at ground of like and dislike at the suffer largely on nation.

[TheDover15]

I well understood his perception. Even in the case of Anuar Ibrahim - Mahathir didnt kill him! although he can if he want to, in some political practice like what happen in other countries we know with just blue solution....u know what I mean!Instead,Anuar Ibrahim was only set aside temporarily as he turns to be a blockage to the success path at that point of time for the best of Malaysia which may cause big losses on crucial investments.

[TheDover15]

Bravo Mahathir you are productive in achieving Msia dvlpmt at such a short 20 yrs period.So much dvlpmts to count on comparing to his imperfections.

[TheDover15]

@YangBenar100 R u expecting an angelic value 100pct from leaders? Perspective pts alway clash fm one to anther. One decent ideology access differently by another. as long as more than half of nation are happy than the imperfections shud look into for only better remedial ways not eliminating way or signifyg leader and branded them bad.

[rpremkumar1958]

@apunisheriii ada baca sejarah tempatan dgn teliti?

[rpremkumar1958]

@4rcher91 I am 54 yrs old. I was a trained senior police officer. I am trained in interrogation. I have a working knowledge of body language. The possibility of you being right is there. The probability of my being right is there too. I have met upfront and he has an excellent command of English. I dare say much better than his mother tongue.

[apunisheriii]

"no we are not because his answers are well said... go back to where u belong...

Malaysia... 5 letter words is for Malays..

Sia - Asia... The Asian people who are bless to share what is in Malaysia today...if you don't like it...you are honored to leave...stop complaining and start be grateful" by noraekin82

[4rcher91]

@rpremkumar1958 He wasn't avoiding the issues being asked. Probably he had something to say in mind and wanted to convert it into English words. If he would speak in Bahasa Malaysia, I'm sure he could directly make out his real point.

[hakeembaharim]

haha... ye lah... ape yng kerajaan buat.. sume salah...

ape pembangkang buat sume betol....

smpi bersatu dngn kafir harbi pon boleh...lps tu sesuke hti ckp orang lain KAFIR... dlm prinsip ahli sunnah wal jamaah ,, orng yng mlakukan dose besar x penah dianggap kafir...haha...

tp.. depa kata boleh... boleh tuju orang sana.. tuju orang sini.. ckp depa kafir, laknat, dlm ceramah dok kutok orang sana,, kutok orang sini..melalut... haha

kalaw perjuangkan parti krane Allah.. jom kita sama2 bergabong