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WE ALREADY HAVE ONE OF THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURES
IN THE REGION ALTHOUGH THERE ARE GROWING INDICATIONS THAT
MUCH
GREATER EFFORT MUST BE MOUNTED TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT
FURTHER INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN VIEW OF OUR CURRENT
RAPID PACE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH.
VERY
MALAYSIA HAS A MANAGEABLE POPULATION AND WE ARE
FORTUNATE ΤΟ HAVE A GOOD RESERVOIR OF MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL SO ESSENTIAL FOR THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION
OF ANY MAJOR FORM OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
ALL ALONG, MALAYSIANS AND
SINGAPOREANS
HAVE
AS A VITAL TOOL TO
PLACED GREAT EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
FOR SIXTY YEARS OR MORE, IN BOTH SINGAPORE AND
MALAYSIA, LOCALLY TRAINED DOCTORS HAVE VERY ABLY COPED
WITH THE MEDICAL DEMANDS OF THEIR PEOPLES. INDEED QUITE A
FEW DOCTORS HAVE ACHIEVED WORLD FAME IN THEIR PARTICULAR
FIELDS OF MEDICINE.
AS THEY HAPPEN TO BE SOME OF THE
BEST EDUCATED, BEST TRAINED MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES, MANY HAVE VENTURED FURTHER AFIELD, FOR
INSTANCE INTO POLITICS, AND PLAYED LEADING ROLES IN BOTH
THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE AS WELL AS IN SUBSEQUENT
NATION BUILDING.