News about Mahathir Mohamad

Taken from Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s blog Chedet 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 10): The Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia (PMO) said today that the Cabinet had on Wednesday (Jan 8) agreed for Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to assume the education minister post for the time being, after the post became vacant of late.

PUTRAJAYA (Dec 18): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad did not say anything at all when asked by a journalist if he met ex-Special Action Force police officer Azilah Hadri (pictured).

PUTRAJAYA (Dec 17): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government will go ahead with the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) after making "some adjustments" to reduce the project's costs.

KUALA LUJMPUR (Nov 7): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today said it will not fight a war with the country where fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low is living in currently.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Singapore has agreed to a request by Malaysia to suspend the cross-border Rapid Transit System (RTS) link by a further six months until April 30, 2020.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4): An offer of less than US$2 billion (RM8.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 29): Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today offered a sarcastic apology on his blog, as he "confessed" that he was party to the creation of the solution to help the country overcome the problems wrought by the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis, which he admitted benefitted a few tycoons.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): The government has announced that its final and best offer to buy Kampung Baru land is RM1,000 psf, with RM150 psf being in the form of shares, say reports today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): Although the government prefers to stay out of business and is willing to divest its stake in PLUS Highway, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the offers by the private sector so far are not attractive enough.