Borneo: Dr M pays tribute to ordinary Malaysians.

KUCHING - Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad turned down the accolades given to him for "pushing the country forward" and instead credited ordinary but ambitious Malaysians who spurred such development achievements such as the construction of the mammoth Kuala Lumpur International Airport and the country's newly open 1st Silicon wafer plant here which he had officiated today.

"Malaysians are very ambitious they try to do things that they shouldn't be doing A lot of people has credit me for pushing the country forward but actually it's the ordinary Malaysians who has done that. I only gave them simple ideas but later they thought of doing a more complicated and …