Word: mohamad
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...Party... And I'll Cry If I Want To: The prospect of sitting through the annual convention of the United Malays National Organization, or UMNO, could make anyone weepy. But Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad is supposed to be made of sterner stuff, and anyway, he's UMNO's president. Nonetheless, at the convention's closing ceremony last Saturday, the normally steely Mahathir burst into tears, announced he was quitting all his posts and was escorted offstage. The 76-year-old had spent the convention bemoaning the laziness of the country's Malay population, which he's tried to bootstrap into...
From TIME's WorldWatch: In a bizarre political drama, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he was quitting all his posts in the United Malays National Organization and the ruling National Front coalition. An hour later, officials said he had changed his mind after protests from other senior politicians. Opponents labeled Mahathir's announcement, made live on national TV from the annual UMNO conference, a "desperate attempt to fish sympathy and votes...
...this time of year in Antarctica. The South Africans are taking two military helicopters on the voyage to ferry fuel and food to the stranded ship. An Argentine icebreaker was also heading from Buenos Aires to help. MALAYSIA In or Out? In a bizarre political drama, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he was quitting all his posts in the United Malays National Organisation party and the ruling National Front coalition. An hour later, officials said he had changed his mind after protests from other senior politicians. Opponents labelled Mahathir's announcement, made live on national TV from the annual UMNO...
...With the backing of the government, big dreams are possible. But what one former Cabinet minister calls the "fatal embrace of Mahathir Mohamad" also carries burdens. "What they don't realize," says another longtime Mahathir watcher, speaking of men like Mokhtar, Halim and Tajudin, "is that the PM doesn't care about them individually. He only cares about results, and if he thinks they can get things done, he'll keep loading them down with projects until they sink...
...began." Mokhtar has learned his lessons well from 32 years in business and strictly applies them. He surrounds himself with professionals and leaves them to manage. "If the contract is over $100 million, I will show it to him, just to make sure he knows," avers Mohamad Sidek Shaik Osman, CEO of the flagship of Mokhtar's empire, the container port at Tanjung Pelepas (PTP). "Anything less than that he trusts me to take care...