His words were carefully thought out, never careless


AS a very close friend and former colleague of the late Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Mohamad, former secretary-general of the Foreign Affairs Ministry,

I was very touched by the warm tribute to him written by Mergawati Zulfakar in Sunday Star (“The quintessential diplomat”, Beyond Boundaries, July 21; online at tinyurl.com/mr48a8rr).

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