UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FAKULTY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

CHE555
LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FOR
ENGINEERS
(CPE680)
ASSIGNMENT 3
NAME

1) MOHAMAD AZRUL SOFI BIN MOHD

TAHAR (2013982991)
2) MUHAMMAD RIZUAN BIN KADAR
(2013371335)

GROUP

EH2414

ASSIGNEM
ENT
DATE

26 OCTOBER 2015

PROG/COD
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CHE 555

DR. Sherif Abdulbari Ali

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In his 22 years as Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir Mohamad transformed his

country from an gricultural backwater into an industrial powerhouse that would become the
17th largest trading nation in the world. Two decades of Mahathirs leadership have resulted
in Malaysia becoming more internationally recognised as model of stable, multicultural and
developing country with a relatively impressive economy. Malaysia was also regarded as an
exemplary progressive and moderate Islamic country. In effect, Malaysias international
image has, undoubtedly, been promoted and enhanced by many of Mahathirs bold and
innovative policy initiatives.
One significant development in Malaysian foreign policy orientation under the
Mahathir leadership was the countrys close relations with Northeast Asia, namely Japan and
South Korea, as manifested in the implementation of Look East policy. Mahathirs deep
personal admiration for the miraculous economic achievement of post-World War II Japan
has been discussed at length by many local as well as international scholars. He decided to
go to Japan because he believe, which was one of the exotic place those days. Japanese
were defeated in World War 2, they follow the democratic parliament with a constituional
monarchy same like as Britain. Eventhough there is cosmetic change in Japan like
discarding their kimonos and wearing jacket and tie, they are still inherent their culture,
intellectuall and they are very polite. The decision of the Mahathir administration to launch
the Look East policy after only a few months in office were mainly to encourage Malaysians
to emulate the Japanese work ethics, business management techniques and technology and
also to acquire Japanese expertise and capital, through aid and investment and trade
cooperation. What actually leads Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad to take Japan as role country
to develop Malaysia because Japanese takes courage to improve from small achievements
to bigger achievements . To me, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad is passionate about the culture
and work ethics of Japanese when he was in Japan. However, the originality of Japans
culture is following the direction of the western world. From the former Prime Minister point of
view, any mistakes that happen in Japan will be lesson for the developement of Malaysia.
While he was in Japan, Japan still in recontructing after devastation wrought by the allied
bombing. Japan could afford to host Olympics in 1964 and it was the first Asian country, at
the same time the country spent some USD3 billion on facilities for the games. This
symbolise its full return to international acceptability following World War 2. However, from
this example country, Malaysians, including civil servants, suggested that it was ridiculous to
model ourselves after Japan. They believe that better to look at Europe rather Japan.

Eventhough Europe which was far more developed, it took them 200 years of slow
development. It was deniable on the Wests experience and many contribution because they
are the one who brought the globalization of the world. It is always better to learn an acquire
from people with recent experience. Not only focusing on great industrial power country like
Japan, even Koreans who still can recalled how hard and costly it had been for them to
acquire Western industrial know-how and to manage industrial plants. Look East policies
was formulated and presented to make sure that Malaysians look to these countries as
models of national development. Nothing against their workers and unions because of their
productivity and competitiveness. For example, Japan employement system was completely
different from the European and also Malaysia systems because they provide a lifetime
employment for their workers. The first that will take by European countries or America when
the facing problems, they dismissed workers then register themselves as unemployed and
then may then collect dole from the government.
While in Japan, when their companies were not doing well, the did not sack workers,
choosing instead to redeploy or create a work for them. I did not think that Malaysia could
afford to follow this system. This is because, Malaysia government no dole for the
unemployed, and they usually have to depend on their families to sustain them. The
government on their part try to create as many jobs as possible. By implementing policies by
encouraging the creation of private sector work opportunities, job can be created, and it is
the proper role of government. That is why when Malaysia invited foreign investment, the
government did not insist on immediately collecting taxes. They prepared to forgo taxes if the
investors created jobs for people of Malaysia. In my view, no one who was prepared to work
should remain unemployed. In fact, the government was so successful in creating jobs that
there are now more than two million foreign workers in our country.
About global partnership, Argentina had a interesting relationship and began when
most of the royal polo teams buy polo ponies. Then Mahathir encouraged horse-riding and
more Argentine polo ponies were imported. Other than that, there in a joint venture with
Chileans, Malaysia invested in one of the biggest leather tanneries and Malaysia trader
sourced seamless steel pipes for the oil industry from Argentina for distribution in the Far
East.
Mahathir was born a Muslim and brought up as Muslim. Eventhough, by knowing and
being friends with peoples from other religions, he did not undermine his own faith. Based on
his opinions, Islam is a religion that tolerates the existence of other religions and their
followers. In Malaysia, Shariah law may not be applied in every case to avoid injustice. In this
multiracial country, we do apply other laws but by upholding justice for everyone, by keeping

the nation free from conflict and instability, we are folloeing the teachings of Islam. Today we
have numerous sects of Islam with each claimingvthat the others are not Islam or not quite
Islam. In fact, such a differences in their teachings that they often fight wars against each
other. Tun Dr Mahathir said that Prophet brought only one Islam embodied in the verses of
the Quran and the true sayings and deeds which is the Hadith, or traditions of the Prophet.
Many of the founders of Islamic sects were great religious scholars who genuinely believed
that they were giving the true or the correct interpretations of Islam. However, because of
their interpretations and teachings differed so much from each other, they could not all be
right. They may not intend to cause the conflicts and separations into sects, they often
modestly implore their followers not to be fanatical about their teachings but the followers are
often far more rigid than their teachers and might not accept any other teachings as Islamic.
Islam and Islamisation of the Malaysian administration were not causes of contention before.
The fact is that during the period when Malaysia adopted Islamic values and declared itself
an Islamic country, there was peace and stability and the country developed and grew as
never before. Unfortunately, many people who study and learned Muslim are not quite
happy with tolerance as taught by the Quran. They would like Islam to be stricter, more
severe and violently opposed to other religions.
Wawasan 2020 is one of the concept that introduced by Y.A.B. Dr Mahathir in 28
February 1991. He said in his speech, the aim that to be stand for Malaysia is to lead
Malaysia become an industrial country. Malaysia must be a successful country evolve during
2020. The evolution will brings a development to economy, politic, social, spiritual and
culture. Wawasan 2020 is a vision or known as long terms strategic. The strategic included
various aspect related to development of country in connection with development of worlds
economy.
Caring society is one of the challenge to Wawasan 2020. It is seventh challenge of
Wawasan 2020, where it is a challenge of establishing a fully caring society and a caring
culture. A social system in which society will come before self, in which the welfare of the
people will revolve not around the state or the individual but around a strong and resilient
family system. Y.A.B. Dr Mahathir define caring society as one caring community and caring
culture that nurtured with a social system in which accentuate community than themselves
for welfare of their community. In which, caring society is one of the community that lives
based on the sociality between them in a community. Each one of them are respect each
other among themselves and understanding among them, where the youngest members
respect to elder and caring for them.

There are several important of caring society is needed between them. One of the
important is preserve the national honour. As the stated, one nation need a stability to
maintain the nation and it is needed from community. The community is important to maintain
the stability of nation to lead to stability of economy and politic.

People with physical,

emotional, mental and spiritual to responsibility will produce a nation with harmony and
peace. Second is maintaining values of easting. From the old age, community of Malaysia
was known with pristine values such as helping with each other, friendly, respectful,
considerate and cooperative but when the arrival of the western powers to this country, they
introduced values from west such as arrogance, materialistic, individualistic and oppressors
so values have been eroded existing and forgotten. The introduction of a caring society can
contribute to fostering the Eastern values that are being abandoned. Lastly, shaped a nation
to be a developed country. Dr Mahathir Mohammad stated the main goal is to lead Malaysia
to become one of the fully develop nation by 2020.