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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.