Luqman's musings

                                                         Be brave to embrace change Many of the public services have improved tremendously over the past 30 years or so and we Malaysians should be grateful for same. The hospital services in Kota Kinabalu over the past thirty years have definitely improved greatly. We can get our passport ready within hours unlike a few years ago. Etc.

More than a month ago a lawyer told me that I cannot hold someone in a firm of lawyers liable for the injury caused by the action of another lawyer in the firm. Of course this did not sound logical to me but it was at the back of my mind until today and now I have the answer for friends who may want to be a little more informed.

This post is on the insistence of James Jeremiah (photo above). I just returned home last night after 8 days away from home and I have a lot to catch up with but I am forced to write about the following as I have been challenged to write by this guy called James Jeremiah. On 27.1.2017 a lady in a group ‘Dr.Muthu’s Sabah Friends' had sent the following message to the group.

Imagine a smart kid going to kindergarten full of excitement and confidence and finding out that he cannot read like most of the other kids. What would he do to avoid shame? Being smart he will learn ways to cope with the situation. He memorises passages and uses picture clues to guess words.

The psychological assessment report of my first student in 2019 had also said the following: Emanuel of St James School was tested on 08/01/2019 by Atiqah. At the time of the test, he/she was 9:6 years old, thus, the norms for 9:6 to 10:5 years were used. *At Risk Quotient* The overall 'At risk Quotient' was 2.2 This is in the lowest 2 percent for children of this age and is considered a 'Strongly at risk' score. *Profile* The profile of skills is Spiky, with overall performance very significantly below average. There are relative weaknesses in Phonological, Speed, Memory, Literacy, Fluid. There are relative strengths in Balance, Dexterity. There are five signs of dyslexia, namely: - At Risk Quotient (ARQ) is 2.2 - Strongly at risk; - Spiky skills profile; - Weak literacy (mean 1.25 - in the lowest 5 percent). - Discrepancy of 2 points between fluid IQ and phonological skills - Weak phonological skill (mean 1 - in the lowest 5 percent).

The internet says the following about IQ Test Scores IQ Test Score Guide Intelligence Interval Cognitive Designation 85 - 114 Average (68% of test takers) 115 - 129 Above average 130 - 144 Gifted (2.3% of test takers) 145 - 159 Genius (Less than 1% of test takers While tests may vary, the average IQ on many tests is 100 , and 68 percent of scores lie somewhere between 85 and 115. My first student for 2019, Emmanuel, scored an IQ of 130 for the Geometric Nonverbal Intelligence Quotient (GNIQ), which ‘indicates his problem-solving and reasoning for an unfamiliar design that was used as stimuli is also superior’. Find extracts of the assessment here .

Complaint about lawyers acting on instruction of a bankrupt In the case of UG Management Services Sdn Bhd (UGMS) vs.Salcon Engineering Bhd (SEB) Suit no. BKI-22NCvC -122/11-2015 (HC2) instructions were given to two senior lawyers by a Bankrupt Mr.Goh Su Khung (Goh). Both the above mentioned lawyers were aware that Goh was a bankrupt at the point of taking instructions from him as Advisor of UGMS. I was brought along by Goh to brief both the lawyers.