| Friday, 25-Jan-2008 14:21 |
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SARAWAK LEGAL YEAR 2008
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Ola & Salaams....... If I May Please..... 
Yeahh.... I m still on unpaid leave.... but a courtesy call from my colleague finally made me decided to join the Opening Ceremony of Sarawak Legal Year which was 1st ever held in Miri. Risau gak at first, coz my bp was not good lately. So, the very 1st thing I did yesterday was taking my Norvasc pill before solat Subuh.   (Didn't wanna make a scene during the procession) X pasal2 lak kang kena masuk ambulans.
After sending my 2 little boys to kindy, my hubby sent me to Imperial Hotel from which the procession started. The attendance was very very good. This is the only time where us junior lawyers couold gather and have some chats with senior and as well as super duper senior lawyers. At 1st me and my fav bro S dah baik punya rundingan to be in the same row, tetiba jer organising committee announced, "Please take a row of three, according to your Roll Numbers!!!" Alaa boring nyer, nasib baik ada My best Super Mommy in front of me x la boring sangat.
The opening of the Legal Year have some bearing to the age-old tradition of the courts of the UK. The commemorative procession commenced at 9.00 a.m., upon the arrival of the Chief Justice of Sabah & Sarawak. We had to walk about 1 km properly dressed up (Court attires) to the Court Complex. Panas wooo..... Then, the procession arrived at the main entrance of the Miri Court Complex. After the photography session, The Right Honourable The CJ of the High Court of Sabah & Sarawak together with the Hon Justices, Judicial Commissioners, Judicial and Legal Officers and us the Advocates proceeded to the Open Court. The ceremony began with the Address by
.:. President, Advocates Association of Sarawak
.:. The Honourable , State Attorney General of Sarawak
.:. The Senior Federal Counsel (representing the Federal A.G of Malaysia)
.:. Response from the The Right Honourable The CJ of the High Court of Sabah & Sarawak
Then the ceremony ended at about 11.15 a.m. It was a great pleasure to be able to join the procession and the ceremony.
| Quote: | " ... First is the guiding light that "Justice delayed is justice denied". But the proverb,
"the more haste, the less speed" is also not forgotten. Potter Stewart, an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court put it this way "Swift justice demands more than just swiftness"
It has also been said that, working against the clock does not make for considered thoughts.
However, by and large, we have maintained a fair balance, a due deliberate speed to help ensure that justice is neither delayed nor given in haste - President of the Advocates Association of Sarawak |
| Quote: | | "A reputation of a hundred years may be destroyed by a conduct of one hour" |
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