Class Exercise – Creating Image of public figure
Today's exercise is to create an image of public figure. I choose Tun Mahathir. Below is an image of him. Pardon me if his face do not look alike. hahha. I tried, but... I did tried! :|
BIODATA:
Name : Mahathir bin Mohamad
Place of Birth : Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Father's Name : Mohamad Bin Iskandar
Date of birth : 20 December 1925
Spouse : Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Bt Mohd Ali
Kids : Marina, Mirzan, Melinda. Mokhzani,Mukhriz, Maizura and Mazhar
Higher Education : King Edward VII College of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Singapura, Graduated in MBBS 1953
Major profesion : Open first Malay clinic at Alor Setar, known as Clinic Maha
Minister Of Education : 1974
Deputy UMNO President : 1981
Appointed as Prime Minister : 16th Julai 1981
Resigned as Prime Minister : 31th Oktober 2003
Source: http://www.tunmahathir.com/php_portal/page/page.php?page_id=1
Among Tun Mahathir Major Achievements for Malaysia:
1. Manage to exclude Malaysia to borrow from IMF during 1997 Asian financial crisis.
2. Launched vision 2020 in order for Malaysia to be developed country in year 2020.
3. Brought Malaysia to the world level in political arena.
4. Built Malaysia new administration centre at Putrajaya.
5. Changed Malaysia from agriculture based country to industrial and services oriented country.
6. Less depending on neighboring country port by constructed our own major ports like Tanjung Pelepas and West Port. This help Malaysia to reduce foreign currency outflow.
I choose him as my image of public figure simply because of his contributions to Malaysia. Other than that, he is a great leader and a creative person. :)
