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On 21 June 2011, Mahathir was awarded the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at the Kuala Lumpur Mayor's Tourism Award 2011. [129] In November 2011, Mahathir was bestowed with the ICT Lifetime Achievement Award from Pikom, the National ICT Association of Malaysia, in recognition of his immense contribution to the ICT industry in the country.
The Mahathir Science Award is an award for outstanding contributions in science and technology that address issues related to the tropics. [1] [2] The Foundation was established 17 August 2004 in honour of the former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad. [3] [4] It is presented by the Mahathir Science Award Foundation.
Mahathir announced a two-day public holiday, adding: 'But there will be no holidays for the winners.' [266] He became the world's oldest serving state leader (aged 92 years, 304 days at the time), and the first Malaysian prime minister not to represent UMNO. [267] His deputy, Wan Azizah became the first female deputy prime minister of Malaysia ...
Its Honorary President is the fourth & seventh prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The foundation also has a Board of Trustees, chaired by Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim, whose members are prominent figures in the banking, education and property sectors.
Mahathir said all Cabinet ministers would be taking a 10 per cent pay cut from their basic salary with immediate effect. [18] [19] On 2 July 2018, thirteen ministers and twenty-three deputy ministers were sworn in before the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V. [20] Mahathir arrives in Johor to meet with Sultan Ibrahim (January 2019)
Lifetime achievement awards are awarded by various organizations, to recognize contributions over the whole of a career, rather than or in addition to single contributions. Such awards, and organizations presenting them, include:
Mahathir arrived in the Ashgabat for a two-day official visit. [146] His visit is at the invitation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov . [ 147 ] The talks between the two leaders covered a wide range of bilateral, regional, and international issues of mutual interest.
The vision and mission of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) as expressed by Dr Mahathir Mohammad, the Prime Minister of Malaysia at the time (1981–2003), is essentially this: MSC is paramount to leapfrog (Malaysia) into the 21st century and to achieve Malaysia's Vision 2020, the MSC was created to endeavour the best environment to harness ...