Achieving Vision2020 Possible? Malaysiakini

The current Political situation has in someway diverted or worse stagnated the process of the country achieving Vision 2020. Since the retirement of our 4th premier,Tun Dr.Mahatir, politics in the country has gone from bad to worse, AAB our present PM, has been seen by many as an incompetent and weak leader, i have taken some excerpts from the speech given by TDM regarding Vision 2020. Say what you want about him, call him a self centred, tyrant or dictator, but i will give due respect and credit of his vision. For many of us, we are in fact ignorant and not aware of the what targets are set in Vision2020. i have cut and paste this excerpts taken from TDM speech.


* The first of these is the challenge of
establishing a united Malaysian nation with a sense
of common and shared destiny. This must be a nation
at peace with itself, territorially and ethnically
integrated, living in harmony and full and fair
partnership, made up of one "Bangsa Malaysia" with
political loyalty and dedication to the nation.

* The second is the challenge of creating a
psychologically liberated, secure and developed
Malaysian society with faith and confidence in
itself, justifiably proud of what it is, of what it
has accomplished, robust enough to face all manner
of adversity. This Malaysian Society must be
distinguished by the pursuit of excellence, fully
aware of all its potentials, psychologically
subservient to none, and respected by the peoples of
other nations.

* The third challenge we have always faced is that
of fostering and developing a mature democratic
society, practising a form of mature, consensual,
community-oriented Malaysian democracy that can be a
model for many developing countries.

* The fourth is the challenge of establishing a
fully moral and ethical society, whose citizens are
strong in religious and spiritual values and imbued
with the highest of ethical standards.

* The fifth challenge that we have always faced is
the challenge of establishing a mature, liberal and
tolerant society in which Malaysians of all colours
and creeds are free to practise and profess their
customs, cultures and religious beliefs and yet
feeling that they belong to one nation.

* The sixth is the challenge of establishing a
scientific and progressive society, a society that
is innovative and forward-looking, one that is not
only a consumer of technology but also a contributor
to the scientific and technological civilization of
the future.

* The seventh challenge is the challenge of
establishing a fully caring society and a caring
culture, a social system in which society will come
before self, in which the welfare of the people will
revolve not around the state or the individual but
around a strong and resilient family system.

* The eighth is the challenge of ensuring an
economically just society in which there is a fair
and equitable distribution of the wealth of the
nation, in which there is a full partnership in
economic progress. Such a society cannot be in place
so long as there is the identification of economic
backwardness with race.

* The ninth challenge of establishing a prosperous
society, with an economy that is fully competitive,
dynamic, robust and resilient.