Raus Sharif J:

Petition And Cross Petition

In a petition for divorce dated 1 September 1999, the petitioner husband (husband) prays that the marriage between him and the respondent wife (wife) be dissolved. He also prays that no financial provision be made for the wife but is willing to bear the costs of this petition.

In answer to the said petition and in a cross petition dated 31 May 2000 the wife also prays that the marriage be dissolved. However, the wife prays that there must be division of all matrimonial assets equally between them, maintenance of RM10,000 a month, or such other reasonable sum, and that the costs of the proceedings.

Facts

From the pleadings and evidence adduced by both parties in court, the facts of this case are as follows:

The husband is a Malaysian. The wife is an Indonesian of Chinese decent. The parties were married in the United Kingdom on 27 September 1986. It was the wife's first marriage and the husband's third marriage. There are no children of the marriage.

The parties met in London in 1984. At that time, the husband was working towards his Fellow of Royal College of Surgeon (FRCS). The wife was studying architecture in Germany.

In 1991 t