Revisiting Vision 2020


ALMOST a month has passed since the dawning of the new year. I was still feeling nostalgic about the old year and the good times that have passed when Vision 2020 came into my mind. We are, after all, supposed to realise the vision next year.

On Feb 28, 1991, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad (in his earlier period) presented his working paper, “The Way Forward”, at the inaugural meeting of the Malaysian Business Council and espoused his vision of Malaysia becoming a fully ­developed nation by 2020.

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