Najib Razak
Najib Razak
Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razakis the sixth and current Prime Minister of Malaysia. He was sworn in to the position on 3 April 2009 to succeed Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He is the President of the United Malays National Organisation, the leading party in Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition...
NationalityMalaysian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 July 1953
CountryMalaysia
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Malaysia-Singapore bilateral relations can blossom beautifully if cultivated and nurtured like an orchid plant.
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For many years, Myanmar's leadership was largely shut out from the world of international diplomacy.
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Instead of passing on choppy waters to the next generation, we should endeavor to leave them a calmer sea.
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I've made Umno more democratic, more inclusive. Of course, by doing that, I'm putting myself at risk.
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We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
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You should allow professors to become really outstanding academicians, recognised worldwide, and you should reward them.
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My heart reaches out to those whose loved ones were lost on MH17.
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In the space of one lifetime, the Internet has opened up opportunities that were previously inconceivable.
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In spite of the huge diversity in Malaysia in terms of religion, culture, race, ethnicity and so forth, we've really gone very far in developing this country.
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There's good economic progress in Malaysia. People have a lot to look forward to.
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I think the rise of China is inevitable, because China has moved from a low-cost producer, at low levels of technology, to higher levels of technology, and because it's very competitive, even in some high-tech products they offer at very competitive rates - much lower than their competitors.
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Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to taking away subsidies.
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People willy-nilly borrow for consumption. Civil servants willy-nilly borrow for consumption and then wonder why they don't have enough money at the end of the month.
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What I'm trying to do is get a change in the mindset so people move from a level of mere tolerance to total acceptance and eventually to celebrate diversity. If you feel comfortable with one another, it doesn't matter whether we live in which neighbourhood but we can interact with one another freely. It's a mindset.