IT is that time of year again when we look back on what the year about to pass had been like and, more importantly, look forward to what the year ahead holds. But 2018 should prove to be even more so. To be sure, there has always been room for improvement and that remains probably even truer with the formal attaining of high-income nation status. What about populist political grandstanding? johnteo808@gmail.comThe writer views developments in the nation, the region and the wider world from his vantage point in Kuching, Sarawak

Source: New Strait Times December 15, 2017 02:26 UTC