Malaysia has made significant progress in all of the goals and are likely to achieve all of them by 2015.

Target 1: Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day
Malaysia has been quick to implement policies which have lowered poverty from 16% in 1990, to just 5.1% in 2002. Some isolated areas still live below the poverty line.

Target 4:Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015
Girls have equal opportunity to attend schools. In Malaysia the key now is to allow more women into the workforce. Of the 7.4 million women in Malaysia (aged 15 to 64) 47% are in the workforce with less and less working on farms.

Target 4:Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015
Girls have equal opportunity to attend schools. In Malaysia the key now is to allow more women into the workforce. Of the 7.4 million women in Malaysia (aged 15 to 64) 47% are in the workforce with less and less working on farms.
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Target 5: Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five
Child mortality has dropped in Malaysia from 16 deaths in every 100 births to 12 deaths in every 100 births. Better immunization has helped to prevent many deaths and immunization rose from 70% in 1990 to 88% in 2000.

Target 6: Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio
Maternal mortality in Malaysia has dropped to 20 in every 100 000 births, a level equal to most developed countries. This has been caused by better education, more birth being attended by professionals, better facilities and the Malaysian government working with country communities to develop programs for them.

Target 7: Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS
Malaysia has had problems controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS, with the first case reported in 1986 and the number rising to 58 000, with 11% of these cases dying. About 90% of those infected in Malaysia are males.

Target 9: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes; reverse loss of environmental resources
Malaysia has about 19.5 million hectares of forest which are set aside for timber production and research. Another 3.3 million hectares are used as wildlife sanctuaries and parks.

Target 10: Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water
In 2000, 98% of homes in the cities and 87% of country homes had access to clean drinking water. There may be problems in the future as the supply of fresh water can change during the different seasons.

Conclusion:
The Malaysian government has come up with many ideas which will help the Malay people to live happier and healthier lives in the future. However, there needs to be more of a focus on HIV/AIDS.