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CEO Forum 2013

Hi everyone, our CEO Forum 2013 will be on June 18, 2013 and will be happening at Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. For more information you can email ceo2013@perdana.org.my or call us at 03 - 8885 8960 / 53

http://www.perdana.org.my/ceoforum/registration

0830	Opening Ceremony
0900	PLENARY SESSION:“The Rest of the World and Malaysia: External Challenges to Malaysia’s Growth”The sluggish US economy and the gloomy growth forecast for Europe present challenges for an export-oriented economy like Malaysia. Will Malaysia be able to find new market destinations or successfully move up the value chain to compete well in the 21st century? Additionally, emerging economies such as Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia are proving to be aggressive rivals in investments, attracting high amounts of FDIs. How best can Malaysia negotiate around these external challenges to attain high income nation status in 2020?
1100	COFFEE BREAK
1115	CONCURRENT SESSION A: “A SWOT Analysis of Malaysia: Taking a Realistic View of the Country”A reflection on the strengths and weaknesses of an organisation can often lead to solutions and new insights. The same would apply to an entire nation. This session aims to take stock of what Malaysia has in terms of its strengths and opportunities, and to discuss ways and means by which these strengths can balance our the weaknesses as well as overcome threats.  CONCURRENT SESSION B: “Digital Business: Game Changers of the Technology Realm” Every business now should have a digital business component. A successful digital business is not just about embracing the right technology but it is also about adopting the right mindset to intelligently analyse and predict the changing landscape of the digital business world. What are the trends that will shape the tech industry and how can Malaysian companies establish themselves as world leaders in digital business? CONCURRENT SESSION C: “Water, Energy, Oil & Gas – The Real Issues, Current Scenario & Future Projections” Statistics abound about our resources but they tell conflicting stories of their abundance (or scarcity), management issues and future projections. In this session, industry professionals get together to paint a more accurate picture of the state of Malaysia’s natural resources and what are being done to ensure their sustainability.
1245	LUNCH TALK
1400	CONCURRENT SESSION D: “Taking Higher Education in Malaysia from the Industrial Age to the Knowledge Era”Higher education used to be all about preparing young Malaysians for work – the emphasis was on what they learnt and not so much on how and why they were learning. That is changing, with the new demands placed on human resources by the knowledge economy, an environment that thrives on less hierarchy, continuous learning and adaptation, experimentation and new, more flexible models of leadership. Malaysia’s concerted efforts to become a knowledge-driven economy then demands a new breed of human resources. Are our higher education institutions ready to meet the demands of the New Age? What are the criteria of the 21stcentury higher education institution? These, and more, will be discussed at this Session.  CONCURRENT SESSION E: “Making KL the world’s most livable city: What do we need to do?” World liveability indexes of cities measure a city’s liveability via various quantitative and qualitative factors: personal safety, cleanliness, public transport, infrastructure, access to clean water, and arts and culture, among others. Melbourne, Vienna, Vancouver and Adelaide have been consistently top-ranked world cities. Kuala Lumpur has fared more modestly, ranking 77th in the EIU Global Liveability Index for 2012 (as comparison, Singapore ranked 52nd). As the government has acknowledged the role our cities play in attracting the best minds of the world and the best companies to site themselves here, what will it take to catapult Kuala Lumpur to the top ranks of liveability? CONCURRENT SESSION F: “Islamic Banking and Finance – Taking Malaysia from Good to Great” From the very first Islamic bank in 1983, Malaysia’s Islamic banking industry has been growing steadily with a 19.6% share of total banking assets in 2012. Malaysia is one of the few countries with a dual banking system and has every intent to make Islamic banking and finance not just on equal par with conventional banking but also a tool to give Malaysia a competitive edge internationally. How can Malaysia’s Islamic banking industry grow further to attain a 40% share of the domestic finance market by the year 2020? What are the issues that the industry faces in its bid to become a heavyweight international player? These will be among the subjects of discussion in this Session.
1535	SPECIAL SESSION  WITH ERNST & YOUNG
1645	CLOSING SESSION: High Tea & Closing Keynote Address “Better Times Ahead for Malaysian Politics, Post GE-13?” by YABhg Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia & Honorary President, Perdana Leadership Foundation

Wartawan Indonesia pasang impian temu bual Dr M

Kagum dengan pencapaian Perdana Menteri keempat Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, wartawan Indonesia yang menyertai program lawatan Kelompok Informasi Nasional dan Pekan Informasi Nasional 2013, memasang impian menemu bual Bapa Permodenan Malaysia itu. 

Wartawan akhbar Sin Chiew Daily Indonesia, Fitrianto berkata walaupun Malaysia sebuah negara yang kecil berbanding Indonesia, Dr Mahathir  berjaya membawa Malaysia menjadi sebuah negara yang disegani di seluruh dunia.

“Saya ingin mengetahui ‘resepi’ daripada bapak Mahathir sendiri bagaimana dia melakukannya, memajukan Malaysia daripada sebuah negara pertanian kepada sebuah negara perindustrian moden.

“Selama lebih 20 tahun bapak Mahathir memerintah negara beliau amat disayangi rakyat Malaysia,” katanya ketika ditemui Bernama.   

Program lawatan Kelompok Informasi Nasional (KIM) yang berlangsung selama enam hari bermula 21 Mei lepas dan Pekan Informasi Nasional 2013 Sabtu lepas disertai wartawan dari tiga negara iaitu masing-masing tiga dari Malaysia dan Indonesia serta seorang dari Brunei selain liputan media tempatan.

Fitrianto tertarik dengan ketegasan Dr Mahathir dalam menangani pelbagai isu dan memastikan Malaysia tidak sama sekali diperlekeh oleh pihak yang ingin ‘menangguk di air yang keruh’.  

“Seperti (bekas) Presiden (Allahyarham) Suharto, bapak Mahathir punya ketegasan tersendiri ‘to get the job done’. Namun di sebalik ketegasan itu ada kelembutan dalam perkara tertentu, seperti hubungan Indonesia-Malaysia ada ‘give and take’ antara dua negara sahabat ini,” katanya.

Wartawan akhbar Koran Sindo, Erdian Wirajaya berkata ketegasan dan kekerasan itu tidak menjadi sesuatu yang salah bagi Dr Mahathir kerana sifatnya itu telah menggerakkan kerja membangun Malaysia dengan amat berkesan.

“Tidak berguna jika pemimpin itu lembut untuk mengundang senyum rakyat jika kerja membangun negara itu tidak berjalan karena terlalu lunak (lembut). Melalui blog Dr Mahathir (chedet.cc) saya mengetahui sedikit sebanyak cara pemikiran negarawan Malaysia itu.

“Saya ingin mewawancarai Mahathir untuk mengetahui dengan lebih mendalam tentang cara pemikirannya itu. Seperti dalam blognya dalam isu melibatkan anak-anak seperti mahasiswa penulisannya lembut tetapi kritis, namun dalam masalah seperti Israel beliau amat keras,” katanya.

Erdian berkata ketegasan Dr Mahathir tentang isu Israel itu membuktikan keberanian negarawan ulung itu, tidak takut mengeluarkan kata-kata yang betul yang sukar diluahkan pemimpin dunia lain kerana mahu menjaga hati negara itu. 

Wartawan akhbar Citra Indonesia, Edy Santoso mahu menemu bual Dr Mahathir bagi mengetahui cerita di sebalik dakwaan pemimpin pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mengenai pelbagai isu melibatkan Malaysia.

“Sebagai journalis (wartawan) dan etika journalis sebenar kita mesti mengetahui cerita daripada dua belah pihak, tidak ambil daripada satu pihak dan membuat rumusan sendiri. Saya mahu mengetahui sendiri daripada mulut bapak Mahathir,” katanya. — Bernama

Demonstrasi jalanan jejas imej negara

Setiap kali selepas PRU diadakan, baik di Malaysia atau di seluruh dunia, sudah pasti kumpulan kalah akan mendakwa penipuan, penyelewengan dan salah guna kuasa sebagai punca kemenangan pihak lawan.

Bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berkata, dengan dakwaan seperti ini, pihak yang kalah akan meminta diadakan pilihan raya baru atau kiraan semula undi.

Menurutnya,  jika permintaan ini tidak dipenuhi, kumpulan ini akan mengadakan demonstrasi jalanan secara berterusan, malah mereka sanggup menggunakan kekerasan dan mengganggu ekonomi negara.

“Demonstrasi jalanan boleh menumbangkan kerajaan. Kita tahu ia boleh dilakukan seperti yang berlaku pada ‘Arab Spring’. Kita juga tahu menyusun kerajaan baru juga satu tugas yang sukar,” katanya.

Kata Dr Mahathir lagi, jika demonstrasi yang dilakukan cukup besar, kumpulan ini tahu bahawa pihak polis tidak akan bertindak terhadap mereka.

“Jika polis bertindak juga, para demonstran akan bertindak balas dan menjadi lebih ganas. Jika polis membalas balik dengan keganasan, kuasa asing yang menyokong mereka akan menuduh ia satu keganasan polis.

“Dalam keadaan tertentu polis akan berundur atau diarahkan berundur. Ada pihak akan mengambil peluang dari keadaan ini untuk melakukan jenayah kecil dan membuatkan orang ramai berasa tidak selamat,” katanya.

Tambah Dr Mahathir lagi, jika pilihan raya diadakan semula dan pihak yang kalah tadi menjadi pemenang, maka pihak lawan akan menggunakan alasan sama seperti penipuan dan penyelewengan sebagai punca kemenangan mereka.

“Mereka akan mengadakan demonstrasi jalanan dan melakukan apa sahaja untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan, ia akan berulang-ulang.

“Keputusannya adalah ketidakstabilan kepada negara, tiada pembangunan dan kemiskinan akan bertambah. Negara mungkin akan meminjam wang dan akhirnya negara hilang kemerdekaan,” katanya.

Dengan nada sinis Dr Mahathir berkata, lebih baik sebuah kerajaan dipilih melalui demonstrasi jalanan kerana ia mungkin kurang unsur-unsur penipuan.

“Sudah pasti ia adalah nilai yang kecil untuk membayar hak menjatuhkan kerajaan melalui demonstrasi jalanan yang demokratik,” katanya.

SINAR HARIAN 

Dr. Mahathir saran Mesir guna model Malaysia

Bekas Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad mengajak kerajaan baharu Mesir mencontohi pengalaman Malaysia sebagai model dalam memacu kemajuan ekonomi di negara ini.

Objektif permulaan adalah untuk menjana kekayaan, katanya semasa berucap kepada ahli perniagaan dan politik yang menghadiri persidangan Kebangkitan di Seluruh Dunia: Malaysia sebagai Model, anjuran Pergerakan Ikhwan Muslimin, di sini baru-baru ini.

‘‘Saya percaya rakyat Mesir menyedari kesukaran yang sedang mereka hadapi dan tidak malu untuk belajar daripada pengalaman negara lain yang telah berjaya,’’ katanya, sambil menambah kata, rakyat Mesir boleh menjadikan Malaysia sebagai model untuk memulakan usaha bagi memacu kemajuan ekonomi di negara mereka.

Sambil menceritakan pengalamannya mentadbir Malaysia, Dr. Mahathir berkata, kepelbagaian agama dan etnik di Malaysia tidak menjadi halangan untuk mengejar kemajuan, sebaliknya semua pihak mengetepikan perbezaaan ideologi untuk mengambil bahagian dalam proses evolusi negara.

Mahathir turut mencadangkan agar kerajaan baharu Mesir memberi tumpuan kepada membangunkan keadilan sosial dan infrastruktur di bawah fasa pasca revolusi.

“Oleh itu, kerajaan Mesir perlu memberi tumpuan kepada usaha menarik pelaburan dan melaksanakan dasar ekonomi yang boleh membuka peluang pekerjaan baharu," katanya.

Beliau turut menarik perhatian pihak pembangkang di Mesir dengan berkata bahawa mereka perlu mengambil bahagian dalam pilihan raya akan datang di negara ini dengan mendekati rakyat.

Ketika bercakap pada sidang akhbar bersama Timbalan Penasihat Tertinggi Pergerakan Ikhwan Muslimin, Khairat El-Shater, selepas itu, Dr. Mahathir berkata: “Rakyat Mesir perlu sedar tentang garisan yang terlalu nipis antara kebebasan dan huru-hara, kerana situasi huru-hara di dalam negara boleh menjejaskan pertumbuhan ekonomi dan mencetuskan halangan baharu untuk mencapai kemajuan.

Sementara itu, Khairat memuji pencapaian Malaysia di bawah era Dr. Mahathir.

Katanya, Malaysia merupakan negara Islam pertama berjaya muncul sebagai negara maju dengan menggunakan pendekatan moden tanpa mengubah kebudayaan penduduknya.

“Malaysia merupakan negara Islam pertama berjaya muncul menjadi sebuah negara maju daripada sebuah negara yang mundur.

“Kami (rakyat Mesir) boleh mencontohi beberapa aspek yang diguna pakai oleh Malaysia untuk mencapai tahap tersebut," jelasnya. - AGENSI

UTUSAN 

Anak Ayah................

Tahniah Datok Mukhriz ...selamat bekerja memajukan Kedah!

A Lifetime Award

Congratulation our H.E Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who received A Lifetime Award from International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia.

SHARING

By Dr Mahathir Mohamad

This article appeared in the New Straits Times of April 30, 2013

1. Malaysia has enjoyed more than half a century of peace and stability and high growths under BN coalition Governments. The seizure of power by the Malay majority upon independence as predicted by foreign observers and some locals did not happen.

2. Instead under the Tunku they promoted a sharing of power and wealth between the three major races through a coalition, the Alliance. The Alliance won 51 out of 52 of the 98 Federal Legislative Council seats contested in 1955. The Tunku as Chief Minister agreed with Sir Cheng Lock Tan’s request and gave one million citizenship to unqualified Chinese and Indians, diluting the Malay majority from 80% to 60%.

3. In 1963 Singapore joined the new state of Malaysia. The PAP did not believe in sharing power. It promoted meritocracy, rule by the elites, by suggesting that Malaysia was not ruled by the cleverest and the most qualified but by Malays. This was intended to stop Chinese support for the MCA and antagonise them against the Malays and UMNO.

4. In 1964 elections the PAP contested with the Malaysian Malaysia slogan to reflect its meritocratic creed. It won only one seat. The Chinese in the Peninsular, under the MCA rejected the PAP.

5. The people of the Peninsular, in rejecting the PAP demonstrated their belief in the concept of “kongsi” or sharing espoused by the Alliance. Singapore and its chauvinistic meritocrats had to leave Malaysia.

6. But a Trojan horse was left behind in the form of a political party named DAP. The similarity of name is not accidental for the DAP was to continue the fight for a meritocratic Malaysian Malaysia. The fight against “kongsi” between the races was to continue.

7. Despite a claim that the DAP is multiracial, its leadership and the overwhelming majority of its members belied the claim to this day. The strategy was to antagonise the Chinese against the Malays by suggesting that the Chinese were second-class citizens.

8. This campaign was quite subdued when the Barisan National Government won strong support from people of all races in Malaysia. But as soon as the Government appeared to be weak the DAP extremists were let loose and the attacks against the Malays became blatant to the point of claiming that the Malays are as much newcomers to Malaysia as the Chinese and Indians. There should therefore be no special treatment for them. The DAP conveniently forgets the special treatment accorded to the Chinese and Indians in Malaysia.

9. The growth and prosperity of this multiracial country depend largely on Sino-Malay cooperation or kongsi. The Barisan National exemplifies this kongsi spirit. To break this kongsi the DAP must antagonise the Chinese against the Malays.

10. Through all the elections in Malaysia the people of Johore have personified the kongsi principle. In every election the Malays would support the MCA Chinese and the Chinese would support the UMNO Malay candidates resulting in Johore delivering 100% BN victories.

11. Now Kit Siang has decided it is time to break up the kongsi. True the Chinese majority in Gelang Patah is smaller than the other constituencies Kit Siang had contested. But Kit Siang hopes with the support of PAS he can split Malay votes, so as to defeat BN. Now UMNO is contesting Gelang Patah with little hope of getting Chinese support.

12. Kita Siang does not agree with the Islamic state and Islamic laws proposed by PAS but that party’s ability to break Malay unity in Johore would benefit DAP. Kit Siang knows that PAS would never be strong enough to impose its version of the Islamic laws in Malaysia if Pakatan wins.

13. Kit Siang is more wily than any of PAS’s leaders. He also knows that PAS needs the support of the Chinese in order to defeat UMNO. He holds the trump card in any “pakatan” of the opposition.

14. Johore is a Barisan National bastion. If it is broken then he could put an end to the MCA’s cooperation with UMNO under the old “kongsi” or sharing concept. Instead there would be meritocracy in everything where the winner takes all and the devil takes the hindmost.

15. A win for Kit Siang will be victory for racism and rule by the elites as is found in a nearby country. It will spell the end of good relations in Johore between the races.

16. Victory for Ghani Othman will mean a sharing of power and wealth of this country between all races and tribes in multi-racial Malaysia.

http://chedet.cc/

LIBEL

By Dr Mahathir Mohamad

This article appeared in the New Straits Times of April 28, 2013

1. The DAP’s Kit Siang has learnt a lot from Anwar Ibrahim, the PKR leader. When unable to counter a critic, silence him by threatening to take libel action in court if the statement is not withdrawn. A long drawn hearing in the court with many postponements, will relieve Kit Siang from having to answer his critic.

2. Now he wants to sue me for calling him a racist. I have been called a racist and an ultra hundreds of times. I never sued anyone. I am a politician and ours is a democratic nation. I believe in free speech. If my political opponents call me names, I can reply or I can do something to prove them wrong.

3. I was called a Malay ultra when I became the Deputy Prime Minister. Yet in the 1999 Elections the Malays did not support me. It was Chinese votes which gave me a two-thirds majority. Incidentally Kit Siang and Karpal Singh, the loudest in calling me a Malay racist, lost in that election.

4. I reiterate that Kit Siang is racist when using the Malaysian Malaysia slogan and calling for meritocracy.

5. In blog.limkitsiang.com an article by Lee Hwa Beng states “This shows MCA won mainly in mixed seats where there are fewer Chinese voters while it lost in the Chinese majority seats.

6. One can deduce therefore, that the MCA won with the support of Malay rather than Chinese votes.” It is all about race and it belies the claim that race and religion are no longer issues in Malaysian politics.

7. The conclusion of the writer is that the DAP won only where the Chinese are in the majority.

8. The MCA is not racial because it is supported by Chinese, Malays and Indians. If the DAP does not play on its Chineseness, it cannot win. That is why Kit Siang chooses Gelang Patah where 53% of the voters are Chinese. By contesting there, Ghani is going to prove that Johore Chinese care for the friendship with the Malays. This was so in the past, when the Barisan Nastional won in that constituency, when Johore scored 100% victories.

9. Kit Siang’s article claims that Gelang Patah is a microcosm of Malaysian society, because it has 53% Chinese, 33% Malay and 12% Indian. Does this really represent a microcosm of Malaysian society? Gelang Patah is in fact not even the norm in Johore, much less in Malaysia. If he had said it is a microcosm of the urban society, I would agree, certainly not the racial mix and distribution in Malaysia.

10. In another of blog.limkitsiang.com article by Sakmongkol, the heading speaks for itself.

11. It says “Lim’s return to Johore emboldens the Chinese.”

12. Again the emphasis is on race, the Chineseness of Gelang Patah which causes Kit Siang to choose Gelang Patah. The writer went on to say that “We (Kit Siang is DAP”) have a chance to wipe out the MCA (a Chinese party which believes in kongsi with other races of the Barisan Nasional). Further it averred that the DAP does so to replace the MCA as the party of choice for the Chinese. Again the emphasis is racial, on the choice of the Chinese alone and not on Malaysians. MCA is pictured as the lackey of the Malays. What is the DAP going to be in Pakatan, the kingmaker, the master. In Malaysia no one race can rule this multiracial country, by proxy or otherwise.

13. Further on it says, “Kit Siang’s return to Johore is giving meaning and purpose to the Malaysian Chinese.”

14. What about other Malaysians? Don’t they count? Aren’t they deserving of a share in the power and the wealth of this multiracial nation?

15. In everything written about Kit Siang, there will always be reference to Chinese racial issues. Malay issues such as their poverty, their need to be more involved in the economy of the country, merit no analysis and support from Kit Siang.

16. That is why I called him a racist. I will not be intimidated by his threat to sue me. I know it is cheap for him. When Anwar lost in his RM100 million suit against me, he had only to pay cost of RM70,000. Had I lost I may be bankrupted.

17. Karpal knows this very well and knows about delays in court proceedings. The prospect of silencing me must look very attractive and politically smart. But I will not be silenced. If politicians fear being painted in their true colour, then take up some less challenging jobs.

http://chedet.cc/

Dr. M penyelamat ekonomi negara, bukan Anwar

Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad menyelamatkan Malaysia ketika negara mengalami krisis ekonomi pada tahun 1997 hingga 1998, kata Menteri Kewangan Kedua, Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah hari ini.

Beliau berkata, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, yang sering mendakwa beliau berjaya menyelamatkan ekonomi dan mengurangkan hutang negara ketika memegang jawatan Menteri Kewangan, hanya untuk mengambil kredit.

Menurut Ahmad Husni, formula pengukuhan ekonomi yang dilakukan oleh Anwar gagal membawa Malaysia keluar daripada kemelut krisis ekonomi ketika itu sehinggalah Dr. Mahathir, selaku Perdana Menteri, campur tangan dan memperkenal pelbagai inisiatif untuk menyelamat ekonomi negara.

"Kita bernasib baik kerana Dr. Mahathir campur tangan. Tiga bulan kita mencari jalan penyelesaian untuk memulihkan ekonomi negara.

"Pada mesyuarat Majlis Ekonomi Negara, bersama bekas Menteri Kewangan Tun Daim Zainuddin, beliau (Dr. Mahathir) setiap hari mendengar pandangan. Hasilnya, kita memperkenal model kewangan ekonomi baharu.

"Tun Dr. Mahathirlah yang sebenarnya membangunkan kedudukan ekonomi dan kewangan Malaysia untuk kekal dalam kedudukan yang sihat," katanya dalam sidang media selepas merasmikan Perpustakaan Dato' Seri Husni bernilai RM760,000 di Chemor, dekat sini.

Sementara itu, Ahmad Husni berkata, ekonomi Malaysia di bawah kepimpinan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, berjaya mencatat pertumbuhan 5.2 peratus.

Ahmad Husni berkata, empat negeri - Pulau Pinang, Kedah, Kelantan, Selangor - yang ditadbir pembangkang, gagal menunjukkan prestasi memberangsangkan dari segi ekonomi sejak tahun 2008 sehingga kini.

"Mereka tidak mempunyai inisiatif atau dasar baharu. Tidak ada pelan transformasi ekonomi. Mereka hanya ikut dasar BN (Barisan Nasional) dan memohon bantuan kewangan Kerajaan Persekutuan," katanya.

Mengenai dakwaan Anwar, dalam siri ceramahnya yang mengatakan kononnya hutang negara melonjak sehingga RM456 bilion berbanding RM97 bilion pada 1992 kepada RM89 bilion pada 1997, Ahmad Husni berkata, ia merupakan taktik pembangkang untuk mewujudkan rasa benci terhadap kerajaan.

Beliau berkata, hutang Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar Malaysia berada pada paras 53 peratus berbanding Jepun (237.9 peratus), Amerika Syarikat (106.5 peratus), Singapura (111 peratus) dan Jerman (82 peratus). - 

BERNAMA

Dr Mahathir Bersyukur Kedah Kembali Ke Tangan BN

Bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mengucapkan rasa syukur kerana Kedah kini kembali ke tangan Barisan Nasional (BN) selepas lima tahun diteraju pakatan pembangkang.

"Kerajaan BN akan menjalankan tugas dan menunaikan segala janji membangunkan Kedah supaya sama dengan negeri-negri lain," katanya kepada pemberita selepas menghadiri majlis angkat sumpah menteri besar Kedah yang baharu, di Istana Anak Bukit, di sini Isnin.

Susulan kejayaan BN membentuk kerajaan negeri selepas menang majoriti mudah iaitu 21 daripada 36 kerusi dewan undangan negeri (DUN) yang dipertandingkan, anak beliau Datuk Mukhriz yang memenangi kerusi DUN Ayer Hitam dilantik sebagai Menteri Besar Kedah yang baru.

Mengenai pelantikan anaknya, Dr Mahathir berkata beliau mahu Mukhriz menjalankan tugas sebaik mungkin dan berusaha sedaya upaya menunaikan janji untuk membangunkan negeri itu.

"Bekerja baik dan bekerja kuat, jangan kira diri sendiri, jangan bagi orang tuduh terlibat dengan korupsi dan sebagainya, buat kerja secara lurus dan berkhidmat untuk negeri dan Malaysia," nasihatnya kepada Mukhriz.

Beliau juga mengingatkan Mukriz agar tidak menyalahgunakan kuasa dan mandat yang diamanahkan rakyat.

Mukhriz yang juga Timbalan Pengerusi BN negeri hari ini mengangkat sumpah sebagai Menteri Besar Kedah yang ke-10.

Beliau yang pada pilihan raya umum lepas bertanding dan menang di kerusi Parlimen Jerlun serta dilantik sebagai Timbalan Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri, diberi kepercayaan oleh pucuk pimpinan BN bertanding peringkat negeri pada pilihan raya umum ke-13 yang berakhir, Ahad.

Beliau mengatasi calon PAS yang juga penyandang Abd Ghani Ahmad di DUN Ayer Hitam dengan kelebihan 2,446 undi. - BERNAMA