We’re already in the year 2008, 17 years after the Vision 2020 proposal….which also means we’ve passed the halfway mark to achieve Vision 2020. The halfway mark should be the middle of year 2005.

So, how far have we progressed? We’ve constructed the building which used to be the world’s tallest building – Petronas Twin Towers, in 1998. We’ve also constructed KL Sentral in 2001, started Multimedia Super Corridor in 1996, built Light Rail Transit system (LRT) in 1999, and Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in 1998. Those were the significant ones.

But since 2000, things have been a little bit quiet….(except for the Monorail which is a little bit unstable at times).

Is it because our leaders have forgotten about this Vision 2020 thing? Or because they’re too occupied with other issues? Or maybe it’s because they think 2020 is too optimistic for them….2040 might be a better year?

Anyway, from what I can see, our country is very very far away from being a developed country. Singapore is a developed country and look at how much difference between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. We’re much more disorganized than they are. That is why in my opinion, Malaysia is still considered as a “developing” country….and has a lot more to go before we can achieve Vision 2020. We used to be “more developed” than Thailand…but now, they’re better than us. As of now, we’re actually competing with the likes of Vietnam…which, 10 years ago…was still considered as a 3rd world country.

So what happens to our Vision 2020? Why are we progressing so slow? Shouldn’t someone be doing something to keep this momentum going before we start to lose our “vision”?

Take a look at our current condition…..and see if people can start realizing that we’re actually quite far away from achieving our Vision 2020…maybe too far away. And before we knew it…it might already be 2020 and Malaysia still has nothing to show to the world. That would be a very very big disappointment.

For now, let us all hope that our government will remember the Malaysian dream for an ideal nation, for a developed nation….the Malaysian dream called as Wawasan 2020.