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THE PEOPLES OF THESE THREE NATIONS ARE BOUND TO ENJOY
EVER INCREASING PROSPERITY.
SAY
RETURNING TO MY HOME GROUND (BALEK KAMPUNG AS WE
IN MALAY), MALAYSIA HAS OFTEN BEEN HELD UP AS A MODEL OF A SUCCESSFUL AND
NATION OF ALL THE
TROPICAL
WELL-MANAGED
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT
OF OUR ECONOMY WHICH BEGAN IN THE 1970S AND THEN FALTERED
DURING THE MID-1980S HAS IN RECENT YEARS AGAIN STARTED TO
SHOW VERY STRONG GROWTH.
IN HIS LATEST PLAN, PRIME MINISTER DATO' SERI DR. MAHATHIR ASPIRES TOWARDS A UNITED AND FULLY DEVELOPED NATION WITH A CONFIDENT MALAYSIAN SOCIETY WHICH IS INFUSED WITH STRONG MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES. HE IS WORKING TOWARDS A HIGHLY DEVELOPED AND PROSPEROUS MALAYSIA THAT WILL ATTAIN "PERFECT VISION BY THE YEAR 2020", AN OPTICAL
APPROPRIATELY BORROWED FROM HIS
MEDICAL VOCABULARY.
TERM
WITH SUCH STEADFAST AND
DETERMINED LEADERSHIP
THE
PROSPECTS ARE INDEED BRIGHT FOR MALAYSIA TO BECOME AN
IMPORTANT INDUSTRIALISED NATION OF ASIA WITHIN THE NEXT
THIRTY YEARS.