Contributions of Tun Dr Mahathir Essay

Dr Mahathir was Malaysias fourth Prime curate and he worked very hard to develope our country since the day he was appointed as the Prime Minister. Dr M served as the prime minister of Malaysia for 22 social classs. He created a concept called VISION 2020, where by the year 2020 Malaysia is expected to be a fully developed country. He called upon the entire citizens of Malaysia to work harder and to prepare themselves to real achieve that vision. Dr M transformed Malaysia from a country that completely depended on self-subsistant agriculture, cultivation of rubber and brook mining, into a vibrant economic country based on trading and industrialisation. Malaysia now has heavy and high-pitched technology industries that have become more developed and competitive with other developed countries in the world. also that, Dr Mahathir took steps to enable Malaysia to face the future by establishing the Multimedia Super Corridor, which emphasizes Information Technology as a very importa nt asset for the country in the smart millennium. Dr Mahathir also announced the study Car Project (Proton), which is one of the many important developments of Malaysia in achieving Vision 2020. In the field of literature, Dr Mahathir has contributed greatly since his schooling days.Due to his great interest in writing, Dr Mahathir was an editor of a magazine called Darulaman. Other than that, Dr Mahathir successfully handled the financial crisis 1997 and stabilized the Malaysian economy. All schools were equipped with computers with the help of Dr Mahathir. Dr Mahathir helped Malaysia to not depend too a good deal on neighbouring country ports by constructing Malaysias own major ports. This helped Malaysia to reduce foreign currency escapism until now. Dr Mahathir beginned various large scale national projects, such as the North-South Highway, The Multimedia Super Corridor, Malaysias new administrative capital Putrajaya, Port of Tanjung Pelepas, KLIA in Sepang, and an adjacent Formula One Circuit, Olympic-class stadium in Bukit Jalil and the Petronas geminate Towers, the tallest twin towers in the world, the worlds tallest building from 1997-2003, that has become the symbol of modern Malaysia.