Sometimes in the hurry to praise a particular person or race, other human beings will go to many extents without checking the fact. This case taken from thestar.com.my below highlighted one example of this. The proponent did not study history that what Mahathir Mohamed did was only borrowed and improvised somewhat the Roosevelt's New Deal economic policy as an astute answer to the prolonging Great Depression witnessed in the late 20s all the way to the 40s. Another aspect that the proponent tried hard selling was Mahathir was a Malay when in actual fact he is from a linage of Indian-Malay mix. In short Mahathir is a mamak. Another prime example is Tony Fernendes' AirAsia which is nothing more than just a Southwest airline wannabe, albeit Tony never claimed to be his brainchild. If they have checked, budget airlines has its roots with Freddie Laker, which thankfully, Tony did acknowledge.
This writer has nothing against the Malays nor their creative ability having witnessed how the local youths especially thinks and what makes them tick. They are in many aspects very good. As for Mr Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, please check your facts.
Malay leadership recognised in the world
> The fact that the United States has taken steps similar to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s economic formula in tackling the 1997 financial crisis proves that Malay leadership is recognised in the world, reported Sinar Harian.
Felcra chairman Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman said the economic formula introduced by the former prime minister was a success after Malaysia’s economy recovered without the need to borrow money from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a sub-heading, it denotes a separate news item.
Source : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/19/nation/2582545&sec=nation
More reading : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_deal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Laker
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