A lady of firsts


SHE walks in quickly, all smiles and no airs, and sits down, apologising as she does for not shaking our hands. Malaysia’s first female Deputy Prime Minister is a woman in a hurry. So much to do, so little time is the impression one gets.

In some ways, things have come full circle, for it has been nearly two full decades since her husband was shockingly ejected from the Deputy Prime Minister’s chair. 

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