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    As We Head Towards The Year 2020, Many Malaysians Feel That Much Remains To Be Done in Order To Improve The Quality of Our Life.

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    Vision 2020 aimed to make Malaysia a developed nation by 2020, but many Malaysians feel more needs to be done to improve quality of life. Basic amenities like water and electricity are still lacking in rural areas. Public housing is often poorly maintained and many cannot afford it. Education is not compulsory and some rural schools have closed, while teachers' qualifications and school funding remain problems. Healthcare access is limited outside cities, with long waits and travel times. Rural transportation infrastructure is inadequate, with some areas only accessible by small planes or boats. Overall, the author agrees more must be done across economic, social, and infrastructure development to achieve Vision 2020's goals.

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    Vision 2020 aimed to make Malaysia a developed nation by 2020, but many Malaysians feel more needs to be done to improve quality of life. Basic amenities like water and electricity are still lacking in rural areas. Public housing is often poorly maintained and many cannot afford it. Education is not compulsory and some rural schools have closed, while teachers' qualifications and school funding remain problems. Healthcare access is limited outside cities, with long waits and travel times. Rural transportation infrastructure is inadequate, with some areas only accessible by small planes or boats. Overall, the author agrees more must be done across economic, social, and infrastructure development to achieve Vision 2020's goals.

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    Vision 2020 aimed to make Malaysia a developed nation by 2020, but many Malaysians feel more needs to be done to improve quality of life. Basic amenities like water and electricity are still lacking in rural areas. Public housing is often poorly maintained and many cannot afford it. Education is not compulsory and some rural schools have closed, while teachers' qualifications and school funding remain problems. Healthcare access is limited outside cities, with long waits and travel times. Rural transportation infrastructure is inadequate, with some areas only accessible by small planes or boats. Overall, the author agrees more must be done across economic, social, and infrastructure development to achieve Vision 2020's goals.

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    As we head towards the year 2020, many Malaysians feel that

    much remains to be done in order to improve the quality of our


    life. Do you agree? Give your opinion. You should write at least
    350 words.

    Vision 2020 is a Malaysian ideal introduced by the former Prime


    Minister of Malaysia, Dato Seri Dr. Mahathir bin Mohammad during the
    tabling of the Sixth Malaysian Plan in 1991. The vision calls for the
    nation to achieve a self-sufficient industrialized nation by the year
    2020, encompasses all aspects of life, from economic prosperity, social
    well-being, educational world class, political stability, as well as
    psychological balance. Now, we still have 4 more years to go to
    achieve Vision 2020. Four years time seem not long enough and not
    short too. Yet, many Malaysians feel that much remains to be done in
    order to improve the quality of our life.

    In order to achieve a developed-nation status, the quality of life


    has to be improved. Basically, the quality of life can be improved by
    providing complete basic amenities to the people. Parts of Malaysia still
    do not have clean piped water and electricity, namely the interior of
    Sabah and Sarawak as those places are very much out of the way. Even
    the local people find it difficult to get there. Moreover, not all citizens
    have modern housing with proper sanitation. Hence, the government
    build low cost government flats for the people to have a good life.
    Unfortunately, the good life does not last very long due to its
    mismanagement. Most of the flats are in a state of disrepair. Although
    the government has built the low-cost flats, but still lots of poor people
    cannot afford them. They then have to find other places to stay. As
    time goes by, squatter areas are common and are overcrowded. These
    areas normally do not have good management on rubbish collection
    and cleanliness.

    The second problem that Malaysians feel that need to be


    improved as we head towards the year 2020 is our countrys education.
    Education is still not compulsory in our country. Some children who
    stayed in rural areas are deprived of education due to the lack of
    schools in their places. Another factor that worsens the problem is
    some schools are closed because of the small number of students as a
    result of rural-urban migration. At the same time, many parents have
    started to question the quality of education. Although our current
    Educations Minister have published the Malaysian Education Blueprint,
    still the qualification of teachers are questionable especially in teaching
    of English and Mathematics. Having the Malaysian Education Blueprint
    is not enough to prove the standard of our education if it is not carry
    out practically. Schools face lack of funds for equipment such as
    scientific instruments and the running of proper activities. Most of the
    practical activities cannot be done due to many factors, like lack of
    time on teaching the school syllabus and the wrong perception on
    practical activities. Students and teachers have a misconception that
    practical activities are a waste of time. Therefore, government
    especially the Ministry of Education should play an important role in
    guiding schools, teachers and students on the right track.

    As we head towards the year 2020, there are still many


    problems in the health system. Our country still lacks hospitals and
    clinic and qualified doctors. Lots of people have to take a long journey
    to reach hospitals or clinics as their districts do no have any healthcare
    centers. Besides this problem, people face problem of long wait in the
    government hospitals and for treatment of serious diseases.
    Government hospitals offer reasonable price for medical treatment
    indeed, yet they do not provide an efficient service to patients. This
    really makes people fret. Medical treatments are only provided in the
    city. In contrast, basic healthcare is beyond the reach of many in the
    rural areas, to say nothing of any advanced medical treatments in the
    urban area. If there is a distinct borderline between rural and urban
    areas, how can we improve the quality of our life ?

    In addition, there are many remote areas with no proper


    transport system. In some places people still use primitive and
    dangerous boats to cross the dangerous rivers. In Sarawak, some areas
    are only accessible by very small planes or helicopters. Unfortunately,
    crashes are common because of the hilly terrain. It shows big
    differences when we make a comparison between the city and the
    countryside. Kuala Lumpur, has the modern means of transportation
    such as LRT, monorail and commuter. Such good transport system is
    only available in cities. In estates and plantations, transports of people
    and good are still difficult. Not only public transportations, even proper
    roads are difficult to find in the rural areas. Moreover, people in that
    area do not have a four-wheel drive due to its expensive price and the
    not easy accessible location. Even it they have cars, they might be
    spoilt easily because the improper road condition.

    Overall, I think I agree that Malaysia still have lots of aspects to


    be improved to achieve Vision 2020. Vision 2020 is not a programme or
    plan which can be accomplished easily if we are not putting more effort
    to it. We should brace ourselves to improve the quality of our life rather
    than to wait passively for things to come our way. Let us make Vision
    2020 to be the mission possible instead of mission impossible.

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