TNAG-2369-FCO40-3442-Future-of-Hong-Kong-international-support-regarding-national-1991 — Page 32

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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.

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