salam.
Beliau merupakan Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang keempat. Ketika penggal kepimpinannya dari 16 Julai 1981 sehingga 31 Oktober 2003, beliau menerajui Malaysia ke arah arus kemodenan dengan pantas dan memberi kemakmuran di setiap lapisan masyarakat Malaysia.
Pencapaian terbaik beliau adalah keupayaannya mengekalkan keamanan dan kedamaian dalam sebuah negara yang berbilang bangsa melalui pemeliharaan suatu golongan pertengahan orang Melayu. Walau bagaimanapun, beliau sentiasa dikritik atas gaya pemerintahannya yang autokratik dan dituduh bersifat kronisme.
Beliau juga merupakan seorang tokoh politik antarabangsa yang suka berterus-terang dan bersifat kontroversi.

Beliau ialah Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad ! Salah seorang idola aku sedari kecil. Ramai yang mengutuknya apabila melaksanakan sesuatu tindakan kerana seperti dinyatakan ,gaya pemerintahan yang autokratik. namun,dengan autokratiknya ,dengan kronismenya, Malaysia menjadi Malaysia.

Dulu,masa aku darjah 3,aku tengok Perhimpunan Agung Umno ,hari sabtu, 22 jun 2002, aku menitiskan airmata .aku masih kecil pada masa itu iaitu semasa berumur 9 tahun,aku menangis!!!
Dr mahathir yang aku kena sedari darjah 1 dan terus menjadi idola aku sampai sekarang,mengumumkan perletakan jawatannya sebagai Perdana Menteri Malaysia dan juga semua jawatan yang beliau pegang. Aku yakin,pada masa itu,walaupun ramai yang membencinya yang dikatakan kronisme dan memerintah secara autokratik,namun mereka turut berasa sebak.
aku juga yakin,dahulu pihak parti pembangkang amat menyanjungi tokoh ini,Mahathir!

Beberapa hari lalu,aku membaca buku yang ditulis oleh Hajrudin Somun and again few tears dropped down .aku terbaca kisah2 ketika beliau meletak jawatan. entah kenapa aku terasa terlalu kehilangan!!
Kau telah merubah Malaysia,negara yang aku tinggal dalam keadaan aman dan sejahtera!
Kau modenkan Malaysia negaraku ini,wahai Mahathir.
Kau tiada pengganti Mahathir!
Kau sentiasa bersamaku Mahathir!
Terima Kasih Mahathir!
selepas perletakan jawatan Tun,daku rindu keamanan dan kemakmuran malaysia!
sekarang,malaysia tidak seperti dulu!
Dipimpin oleh pemimpin yang tidak setegas kau Mahathir!
sehingga mampu diporak perandakan negara ini Mahathir!
Melayu yang kau angkat suatu ketika dulu,sedang jatuh Mahathir!
kami melayu perlukan kau Mahathir!
bawa kami naik semula!
disebabkan politik,Melayu berpecah.
pemerintahan tak sperti dulu!
segalanya dah berubah!

Kau bukan sembarangan orang Mahathir!
Aku berharap agar akan ada orang seperti kau bakal menerajui Melayu dan Malaysia kembali ke puncak!

maaf kepada sesiapa yang benci mahathir,tetapi saya di sini amat menyanjungi beliau.
walaupun saya hanya pernah bersemuka dengan tun sekali sahaja,namun itu cukup bererti buat saya!
Selamat Ulang Tahun Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad!
Semoga Sihat Sejahtera.
I LOVE U! ! !

no harsh comments please. thansk

        "Today however the NEP reaches only 2% of 30%. The reason is that when shares are sold to Malays,They immediately resell the shares to non-malays.It was the same with the license,approved permits and the contracts which were given to them.Only a small number of malay businessmen did not sell thos opportunities in exchange for a fast buck.Realising that such persons contribute to the success of the NEP,the government provided them with more opportunities adn thiswas the background for some successful Malay businessmen today.Then envy entered the picture and thos successful businessmen were accused of being good friends of the government leaders.It was not only the foreigners and foreign media who came up with such accusation,but some Malays also joined them saying that NEP benefits only a small and narrow cycle of Malay relatives and friends. "

      "Who are these people who have become rich as succesful Malay businessmen and industrialists? They are just anyone who worked hard,who did not become Ali in Ali Baba partnership.Investigate their background. Did they really succeed because they are cronies or is it because they didnt sell off their opportunities taht they succeeded ?The reason why they get more opportunities is because they are less likely to sell off their opportunities and tehy are more likely to succeed "

I'm agree with what you said,Tun.

respons needed.. Chill yo!! :)

a lil bit about this book..

As the master strategist of modern Malaysia's phenomenal growth and development over the last quarter of the 20th century, Dr Mahathir Mohamad seems to thrive on unfashionable ideas,controversial policies and a contentious style of diplomacy. An enigma baffling to both his detractors and supporters alike.


Hajrudin Somun (the writer) looks at the secret behind Malaysia's success as a model of economic development and Mahathir's role as an initiator of change. It's irrefutably evident taht his policy of economic planning. There are several important lessons that developing and less developed countries could learn from Mahathir's brand of economic management,nurturing unity in a multicultural society,breaking off from a rigid approach to the past,formulating sound economic policies. The author illustrates these elements analytically,making simple the most complex of issues.

So,i think,although this book has been published long time ago,but it worth for you to read it. :)
happy reading. thanks!

respons needed.. Chill yo!! :)