Drop ‘mega’ from projects, says Dr M


  • Nation
  • Friday, 05 Dec 2003

JOHOR BARU: Malaysians should do away with the term “mega” when describing huge and expensive projects as it was a label created by former colonialists for big but wasteful schemes, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. 

He said the term had been widely accepted by many people, including the non-governmental organisations. 

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