Vision 2020 architect says it failed to create ‘Malaysian race’
Malaysia is a nation of migrants, many of whom want to retain ties to their mother land, says former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. – EPA pic, August 2, 2020.
VISION 2020 has succeeded in reducing the income gap between races and turned the country from an agrarian society into an industrial nation but it has failed to create a Malaysian race, said Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “When I proposed a Malaysian race to call our own, I believed that we could be like countries such as the USA,” said the 95-year-old on Facebook Live last night.
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