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Contribution of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Malaysia Development
Malaysians have all sorts of emotions when it comes to Tun Dr Mahathir. You just have to say his name, and you get all sorts of reactions. Yes, it is true, when you mention the name of Mahathir, even among students, you surely get all sort of comments and reactions. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was born on 20 December 1925 at Alor Setar, Kedah. His name Dr M is synonym to the vast development of modern Malaysia. He is a very well-known political leader who served as Prime Minister of Malaysia for 22 long years (1981-2003), making him Malaysia’s longest-serving Prime Minister, and one of the longest serving leaders in Asia. That are some introductions about himself. I’m not going to talk about his biography, but I would like to discuss about what he had done to Malaysia. Our beloved country from an agaric based country became a modern industrial nation. Malaysia evolve start from his generation as a Prime Minister.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had gave a lot of contributions to Malaysia during his tenure as Prime Minister. The first thing he was done to Malaysia is he has campaigned resolutely to maintain and strengthen racial harmony within Malaysia and to improve the position of the Malays in business and other matters in order to preserve a balance of opportunity for all. He had united the people that live multi-racial Malaysia and stop fighting. With that, Malaysia will always harmony and peaceful without any fighting. Tun Dr Mahathir make money for Malaysia so that this country will be a national audiences and is known throughout the world for its rich countries results.

In the field of national development, Dr Mahathir has successfully created a paradigm shift
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