Hope in the new and young

IN a year of many disappointments it’s not often that you get two exciting developments happening in the same month.

One is the Sabah state election that should be over by the time you read this. Win or lose, they signal a new kind of politics in our poor beleaguered country, one that goes beyond the usual empty chatter about race and religion. It’s so nice to see a leader that, unlike some that come to mind, has not inhaled the toxins that usually pervade our political parties, despite having spent years in the peninsula.