Technocrat MBs strike a balance

There is a new breed of Mentris Besar in the making. They are politicians at heart but also technocrats in thinking and action, writes JOCELINE TAN. 

TAN Sri Dr Abdul Hamid Pawanteh seems to have slipped quite effortlessly into the high-backed chair of the president of the Dewan Negara. At 60, he still cuts a striking figure with his silver mane, elegant manners and well-spoken ways.