A meeting of similar minds

ONE is the undisputed South-East Asian statesman winding down his long and illustrious career. The other is a young Asian leader who has done much for his country in just two years and is now grooming himself to assume the helm of the region. 

Today's one-on-one meeting between Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Thaksin Shinawatra in Langkawi is certainly no mere premier-level prattle. It is significant in a myriad of ways, perhaps even seen as a symbolic “passing of the baton.”