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Fri, 02/12/2010 - 17:02
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INDONESIAN SCHOLARS DIVIDED ON MAHATHIR`S BELIEF
Jakarta, Feb 12 (ANTARA) - Indonesian scholars have different views on former Malaysian leader Dr. Mahathir Mohammad's belief that Indonesia would become one of the world's major powers.
Sukardi Rinakit, executive director of Sugeng Sarjadi Syndicate, said here Friday he shared Mahathir's belief, arguing that Indonesia had a geo-strategic position with huge natural and human resources.
"I believe that Indonesia can emerge as the world's seventh major power because we have all the needed potentials, like natural and human resources, and a geo-strategic position," he said.
But, above all, Indonesia needed to have a strong and firm leader to enable it to make "consistent and systematic leaps", he said.
In addition, the nation also needed to focus its development policies on agriculture, maritime resources , and tourism, Rinakit said.
Without a solid combination of strong leadership and focused development policies, Indonesia becoming one of the world's big powers would only remain a pipe draam, he said.
Meanwhile, a pessimistic view was expressed by Hermawan Sulistyo, a political science researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). He said Mahathir's statement was only meant to serve as a "benchmar" for Malaysians.
"Dr. Mahathir Mohammad's statement was intended merely for Malaysia's domestic consumption, so that the Malaysian people had a benchmark for their own development effort," he said.
Sulistyo reminded Indonesians of the fact that other countries had pushed their development and some of them had even successfully overtaken Indonesia.
Therefore, if Indonesia failed to prepare itself, elect a strong leader and change its development paradigm, its gap with other developed nations would become bigger and bigger, he said.
Speaking at a seminar in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, Dr. Mahathir Mohammad said Indonesia could be the world's seventh major power but this all depended on the government's approaches to its people.
With huge natural and human resources, Indonesia could become one of the major powers but how its government approached its people was a key to achieve the success, he said.
Mahathir expressed optimism about Indonesia's future in response to Indonesian scholar Nasir Tamara's statement that Indonesia, currently a G-20 member, would become a major power.
Japan was an example of the importance of the government's approaches to its people in national development, he told the seminar themed "Leaderd Talk: Sustainability of Thinking Paradigm Towards National Perception Development".
Despite its lack of natural resources, Japan had succeeded in becoming one of the world's developed and prosperous nations as a result of its government's approaches to its people, he said.
Thus, the most important thing was how leaders loved their country and people, Dr. Mahathir added.***
Sukardi Rinakit, executive director of Sugeng Sarjadi Syndicate, said here Friday he shared Mahathir's belief, arguing that Indonesia had a geo-strategic position with huge natural and human resources.
"I believe that Indonesia can emerge as the world's seventh major power because we have all the needed potentials, like natural and human resources, and a geo-strategic position," he said.
But, above all, Indonesia needed to have a strong and firm leader to enable it to make "consistent and systematic leaps", he said.
In addition, the nation also needed to focus its development policies on agriculture, maritime resources , and tourism, Rinakit said.
Without a solid combination of strong leadership and focused development policies, Indonesia becoming one of the world's big powers would only remain a pipe draam, he said.
Meanwhile, a pessimistic view was expressed by Hermawan Sulistyo, a political science researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). He said Mahathir's statement was only meant to serve as a "benchmar" for Malaysians.
"Dr. Mahathir Mohammad's statement was intended merely for Malaysia's domestic consumption, so that the Malaysian people had a benchmark for their own development effort," he said.
Sulistyo reminded Indonesians of the fact that other countries had pushed their development and some of them had even successfully overtaken Indonesia.
Therefore, if Indonesia failed to prepare itself, elect a strong leader and change its development paradigm, its gap with other developed nations would become bigger and bigger, he said.
Speaking at a seminar in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, Dr. Mahathir Mohammad said Indonesia could be the world's seventh major power but this all depended on the government's approaches to its people.
With huge natural and human resources, Indonesia could become one of the major powers but how its government approached its people was a key to achieve the success, he said.
Mahathir expressed optimism about Indonesia's future in response to Indonesian scholar Nasir Tamara's statement that Indonesia, currently a G-20 member, would become a major power.
Japan was an example of the importance of the government's approaches to its people in national development, he told the seminar themed "Leaderd Talk: Sustainability of Thinking Paradigm Towards National Perception Development".
Despite its lack of natural resources, Japan had succeeded in becoming one of the world's developed and prosperous nations as a result of its government's approaches to its people, he said.
Thus, the most important thing was how leaders loved their country and people, Dr. Mahathir added.***
