I think Dr M should deserve credit.
no ASEAN country
ever produced any civilization, intellectuals, brains, history, philosopher, empire, religious, cultural or other influence on the world. or such.
for him to lead tiny but extremely diverse malaysia that was burdened with kafir pendatang chink and ah neh dumped by wily poms on malaya, and lead it to build
what was the tallest buildings in the world at the time, and still the tallest twin towers
planned city, clean, green, orderly, functional like Putrajaya
two national car brands like Proton & perodua (granted they haven't been roaring successes because Malaysia is just too small, too many kafir pendatang in it and asean natives are dumb, plain & simple. warm weather countries are all failures.)
silterra. ic manufacture, design, test assembly etc
motorcycle manufacturer brand
medical device aerospace (mro and parts, airframe, structure etc) pharma chemicals
all in all, not too bad, but not as good as his early promise
you could say it's not 100 out of 100
not even 90 out of 100
but more like 70 to 75 out of 100 he's scored
considering the constraints, i think he's done a great job
far better than his contemporaries or comparators
compared to that old fart harry lee could hardly score 32 out of 100
his own children have fallen out in public over oxley road and other nonsense
his two children have left the country and his grandson lives in exile for all intents and purposes
is that a success?