The many hats of Fauziah Ramly


Moving from ministry to ministry over 32 years can be either a tiresome experience or a chance to learn. SHAILA KOSHY traces the career of the indefatigable Datin Fauziah Ramly who recently retired as director-general of the Legal Affairs Division in the PM ’s Department

SHE's gregarious, voluble and breaks into peals of infectious laughter easily. But it would be a serious error of judgement if one mistook Datin Fauziah Ramly’s convivial demeanour to mean she would not twist a bureaucratic arm or two to get the job done.  

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