40 years of trust and patience


The columnist draws parallels between almost half a century of walking alongside another and the unity government with its ‘marriage’ of just two years.

MY wife Norhayati Yusof and I tied the knot – or in Islam, pronounced the akad nikah – on July 15, 1984. Yes, yesterday was our 40th anniversary, I am happy to say.

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