Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was overwhelmed by emotions when he opened the Wawasan 2020 time capsule, kept for over 28 years, during a special ceremony at Menara Kuala Lumpur on Sunday (April 13).
The capsule, buried on October 1, 1996, in conjunction with the tower’s inauguration, contains various symbolic items reflecting Malaysia's aspirations and hopes to achieve developed nation status as outlined in the Vision 2020 initiative, introduced by Dr Mahathir.
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The capsule, buried on October 1, 1996, in conjunction with the tower’s inauguration, contains various symbolic items reflecting Malaysia's aspirations and hopes to achieve developed nation status as outlined in the Vision 2020 initiative, introduced by Dr Mahathir.
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00:20Actually, when I was planting this capsule,
00:28I don't expect that I will immediately be able to do it because in 2020, my age is too long and maybe I don't have the same.
00:42But Alhamdulillah, I'm thankful that although we have been able to do it for this long time, it's been 25 years old.
01:02But Alhamdulillah, I'm still able to do it for this long time.
01:09And in capsule, as many of you know, there is not only a message from me but many people who have entered into capsule release.
01:28All that I showed before.
01:31I felt like President Trump.
01:35When President Trump said that I didn't sign up but I showed it to everyone.
01:42Alhamdulillah, menara ini dibangun dan ditadbir dengan baik dan telah memenuhi kehendak telekom.
01:57Dan ada juga tempat untuk kita majlis makan di lantai yang beroperasi.
02:10Ada juga macam-macam apa nama pendombaan.
02:17Pendombaan naik naik naik apa nama?
02:23Dabur naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik naik.
02:27Itu pun boleh kalau bagi orang mudah boleh lah.
02:31For me, two people have been able to live in Kuala Lumpur and become a symbol of one step of the development of our country.
02:48For me, there is no building in Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur.
03:01Now we see Kuala Lumpur as in New York.
03:09InsyaAllah di masa hadapan, kita harap Kuala Lumpur menjadi satu metropolitan centre
03:19yang memusatkan segala kegiatan ekonomi, politik dan sosial negara kita dan juga sumbangan kita kepada dunia.
03:34Apa antara barangan yang menyertai memori, penggambing memori tu?
03:41Ada macam-macam.
03:43Ada IT card, ada gambar-gambar, ada telefon dan diantaranya ialah statement yang saya buat.
03:55Dan juga pendengar ni sajak yang saya baca tadi.
04:01Tuan, tadi nampak Tuan sikit sempat lah.
04:05Masa Tuan tengok barang tu. Boleh sahaja cerita lah Tuan sempat tengok apa tu?
04:11Ialah, saya rasa pada malam, syukur.
04:19Kerana sebenarnya saya tak ada hak nak lakukan perkara hari ini.
04:25Jauh sekali membaca tulisan saya yang dimasukkan ke dalam kapsul ini.
04:33Sudah hampir 30 tahun dahulu yang saya masukkan segala-galanya ke dalam kapsul ini.
04:43Dan zaman itu pun saya sudah berumur lebih daripada 70 tahun.
04:51Mana nak tahu saya masih ada di waktu ini.
04:55Sebab tu saya rasa sedih dan sebab dan saya syukur
05:02kerana masih dapat melihat tulisan saya, pesanan saya
05:08dan membaca pesanan saya pada masa itu kepada anak-anak Malaysia
05:16yang berjuang untuk membahangkan jari-jari.
05:21Terima kasih.
05:22Terima kasih.