Was the Wawasan a success or a failure? (Wawasan 2020)

We are now in the year 2020.

30 years ago, during his stint as the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir set out a vision for the holistic development of Malaysia which he called Wawasan 2020 or Vision 2020.

I was in my teens at that time and my own long term vision at that time was to get good grades for my exam so that I can continue my study oversea in the UK. (FYI, I achieved that vision!).
But I did not have a 30 year vision of what my life would be.

And I think Mahathir himself did not foresee his own fate 30 years in the future.
But, history has a funny way of unfolding.
Who would have guessed that when the year 2020 rolls in, he would be the 7th Prime Minister, able to see the success or failure of his own long term vision.

Clotho must have spun the string of fate in a knot for this to happen.

Whether we agree with his politics or not, it has to be admitted that Wawasan 2020 was a good plan.
It is worth reviewing and evaluating whether this Vision was achieved or not.

As a reminder, the nine goals or objectives of Wawasan 2020 were as follow;

1: Establishing a united Malaysian nation made up of one Bangsa Malaysia (Malaysian Race).

2: Creating a psychologically liberated, secure and developed Malaysian society.

3: Fostering and developing a mature democratic society.

4: Establishing a fully moral and ethical society.

5: Establishing a matured liberal and tolerant society.

6: Establishing a scientific and progressive society.

7: Establishing a fully caring society.

8: Ensuring an economically just society, in which there is a fair and equitable distribution of the wealth of the nation.

9: Establishing a prosperous society with an economy that is fully competitive, dynamic, robust and resilient.

I saw in google search that there were many news articles written about the success or failure of this.vision. I have not read them.
I want to give my own personal view on this.

I do not have data, rather the posts will be my own personal observation of my own surroundings, environment and readings.

You, the readers, are welcome to comment.

In the coming weeks and months, I will write and post separate commentary on each of the goals/objectives above.

In the meantime, Happy New Year and hope you all have a good and productive 2020.

Ciao.