Mahathir Mohamad's Blog, page 9

PROTON

1. Perasaan rendah diri (inferiority complex) rakyat Malaysia sukar dikikis.

2. Pengenalan slogan “Malaysia Boleh” berjaya sedikit sebanyak meningkatkan kepercayaan rakyat Malaysia akan kebolehan mereka. Tetapi masih ramai yang anggap orang lain terutama yang berkulit putih serba boleh sehingga tidak percaya ada apa-apa kelemahan pada mereka.

3. Dalam bidang pembuatan kereta, British sudah tidak berupaya lagi. Jenama seperti Morris, Singer, Standard, Austin, sudah megaku kalah dan tidak dikelua...

CORRUPTION

1. We need laws to punish corrupt people and to deter others from accepting bribes. But actually it is very difficult to catch corrupt personnel in Government or in business. It is even more difficult to prove corruption in a court of law. Most corrupt people escape unpunished.

2. Perhaps it is better to try and prevent corruption from taking place rather than to try to catch them after the fact. Actually the best way to prevent corruption is to instil in everyone the belief that corruption is...

ISRAEL

1. There was a time when Hitler postulated that the Germans, were a superior people, the Aryans who must be protected from contamination by non-Aryans. And above all they must be protected from any dealings with the Jews. He decided that in order to maintain the purity of blood the final solution was to kill all the Jews.

2. This policy by the German Nazis led to Jews being oppressed, seized and thrown into concentration camps. There they were tortured and killed in gas chambers.

3. According...

AUSTRALIA’S AUTO INDUSTRY

1. While in Australia recently I got to read a lot about their automotive industry. It seems that Australia’s own car, the Holden is about to cease production. And this despite Australian Government support of AUS$200,000,000 (600 million RM) a year to GM, the U.S. owners of Holden Company.

2. It seems that GM is asking the Australian Government to guarantee support for five more years beyond 2015 with more than AUS$200,000,000 per year. The Government is not willing to do this.

3. The Holden i...

PUTRAJAYA

1. Saya berterimakasih kerana interpretasi yang sering dibuat berkenaan pemikiran saya. Tetapi kadang-kadang interpretasi berbeza dari pemikiran saya yang sebenar.

2. Berkenaan dengan Putrajaya. Yang sebenarnya tujuannya ialah untuk mendiri sebuah Bandar pentadbiran. Kita mendapat ilham dari bandar-bandar dunia untuk tujuan ini.

3. Di antara yang mempengaruhi rekabentuk Putrajaya ialah ibu kota Perancis, iaitu Paris.

4. Yang kita pilih sebagai contoh ialah Champs Elysees, boulevard utama yang me...

MULTIRACIAL MALAYSIA

1. Malaysia is a truly multiracial country. It is truly so because Malaysians retain their identification with their countries of origin.

2. Multiracial countries are almost never peaceful. More so if the races follow different religions, speak different languages and adhere to different cultures as in Malaysia.

3. But contrary to general expectations, Malaysia is relatively peaceful and stable. It is accordingly more prosperous than can be expected of countries which gained independence recent...

FLOODS

1. Every year the east coast states would suffer from floods, with loss of property and lives. In Kuala Lumpur and other cities and towns flash floods following heavy downpours occur regularly several times a year.

2. We accept these floods as a climatic feature of Malaysia, as something which must happen. It is God’s will. There is no way we can stop them. And so we make preparation for the victims – food and evacuation centers. We commiserate with those who lost their loved ones.

3. The archi...

Selamat Menyambut Tahun Baru 2014

Saya dan isteri saya mengucapkan Selamat Menyambut Tahun Baru 2014 kepada semua rakyat Malaysia, khususnya pembaca blog ini. Semoga kedatangan tahun baru ini akan memberi kita semangat dan iltizam untuk terus menerus berusaha menjayakan diri kita sebagai rakyat Malaysia yang bertuah.

ORANG HALUS DAN HANTU JEMBALANG II

1. Saya amat tertarik dengan komen terhadap tulisan saya berkenaan tajuk di atas. Ada yang cuba takrifkan iblis, syaitan dan jin sebagai orang halus. Sebenarnya kita tidak diberitahu dalam Al-Quran besar atau kecilnya iblis, syaitan dan jin. Yang kita diberitahu ialah iblis dan syaitan cuba memengaruhi pemikiran kita supaya membelakangkan ajaran Islam, melakukan yang dilarang, yang tidak baik. Untuk menghalang pengaruh mereka kita membaca ayat-ayat Al-Quran supaya dikukuhkan iman kita semula....

THE COST OF GOVERNMENT

1. Governments need money. It cannot function without money. It has to pay the people who work for it. It has to provide services and infrastructures. And now it has to provide more and more social amenities such as education, medical care etc. And of course it must defend the country and maintain law and order.

2. The funds are mostly raised through taxes on the activities of the people, on incomes, on profits, on the services provided by the government such as transportations, sewerage, wate...