SOURCE:
http://www.kosmo.com.my/terkini/wawasan-2020-boleh-dicapai-pada-2025-dr-mahathir-1.689753
Wawasan 2020 boleh dicapai pada 2025 - Dr. Mahathir
11 Jun 2018 7:32 PM
Perdana Menteri pada Persidangan Antarabangsa ke-24 mengenai Masa Depan Asia atau Persidangan Nikkei di Tokyo.
TOKYO - Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad yang mengilhamkan Wawasan 2020 menyatakan matlamat wawasan itu hanya dapat dicapai menjelang tahun 2025 atau mungkin lebih awal lagi.
Dr. Mahathir berkata, kelewatan itu berpunca daripada pelaksanaan dasar yang tidak sesuai dengan usaha mencapai aspirasi Wawasan 2020.
Dengan hanya dua tahun lagi menjelang tahun 2020, Dr. Mahathir menyuarakan keraguan tentang kemampuan Malaysia mencapai status negara maju dan berpendapatan tinggi pada masa itu.
"Walaupun kita bekerja keras siang dan malam, saya tidak fikir kita boleh mencapainya pada tahun 2020.
“Mungkin ia akan (mengambil masa) agak lama daripada itu, mungkin tahun 2025 atau mungkin lebih (awal) jika kita mengamalkan dasar yang betul," kata beliau pada Persidangan Antarabangsa ke-24 mengenai Masa Depan Asia atau Persidangan Nikkei di sini hari ini.
Dr. Mahathir merupakan Perdana Menteri keempat Malaysia semasa beliau mengilhamkan Wawasan 2020 pada tahun 1991 bertujuan menjadikan Malaysia sebuah negara perindustrian yang maju ketika itu.
Beliau menjadi Perdana Menteri dari tahun 1981 hingga 2003.
Dr. Mahathir kini dalam rangka lawatan kerja tiga hari ke Jepun termasuk untuk menghadiri Persidangan Nikkei itu. - Bernama
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SOURCE:
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/425264
Show evidence, says PM on graft in S'wak
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said those with evidence of corruption in Sarawak should adduce evidence.
"If you can give evidence, I will ask (the authorities to act)," Mahathir told a press conference today.
He said this when asked if his administration would probe corruption regarding the Sarawakian government.
In an exclusive report, Malaysiakini had revealed that Mahathir had received Sarawakian governor Taib Mahmud in Kuala Lumpur last Friday, shortly after assuming office.
This sparked heavy speculation that the ruling coalition in Sarawak may review its position in BN.
Taib had ruled Sarawak from 1981 and 2014 as chief minister - the longest-serving chief executive of Malaysian state ever.
His tenure was riddled with allegations of corruption, unbridled deforestation and that his family members had extensive business interests in government projects.
When asked about the meeting with Taib and whether political cooperation between Pakatan Harapan was in the offing, Mahathir replied:
"We have had nothing to do with the Sarawak government at this moment. We are very busy with the government of this country," he said.
When asked to respond to former Bar Council president Ambiga Sreenevasan's allegation that there was ample evidence to take action against graft in Sarawak, Mahathir said he did not communicate with her.
"Ambiga says so, but you are telling me. Ambiga didn't tell me," he said
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