Off The Cuff

THE aggrieved parties fighting their cases in our courts just love it every time a judge comes out with what legal circles call a "landmark judgment".

It doesn't come that often of course but on Monday, High Court judge Hanipah Farikullah brought cheers and cause for a big celebration among affected long suffering house buyers.

SOMETHING very exciting is brewing in Singapore. With the predominantly 76% of Chinese out of its 5.7 million population, the island republic is all set to usher in a Malay as its next president later this year.

DATUK Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg has suddenly been catapulted to the position of being Malaysia's "man of the hour".

Although he's one of the most senior politicians in Sarawak, his name hardly rings a bell outside the state's borders, largely because he is not the type who makes blunt or controversial remarks or one whom hard-nosed reporters would regard as their darling.

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SO much has been done in the fight against corruption but are we any nearer to achieving the goals of containing the scourge that we set out to do at least some 40 years ago?

If you ask 10 people the above question, their answer would be a resounding "No".