Under Fire : Battered by a long financial crisis, and by criticism over sacking his successor, Mahathir now faces his toughest election battle ever. Can he save Malaysia Inc.?

From: Newsweek International | Date: August 30, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Is it big enough for you?" cracks Mahathir Mohamed, calling from behind a desk at the end of his cavernous new office. The room is the size of a small gym, with an arched floor-to-ceiling window overlooking Putrajaya, the new $8 billion capital city that Mahathir is carving out of the palm plantations south of Kuala Lumpur. In the distance, across an artificial lake, rises the prime minister's new residence, a pinkish stone fantasy topped by a grand, green onion dome, with white stairs cascading about 20 flights through palm trees down to the shore. It is indeed quite big enough, ...

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