(1) : Receiving and adjudication orders were made by the senior assistant registrar (‘the SAR’) on 8 October 1997 against the judgment debtor (‘the JD’) following a creditor’s petition filed by the judgment creditor, Asia Commercial Finance (M) Bhd (‘the JC’). Being dissatisfied with the said orders, the JD filed a notice of appeal to the judge in chambers on 16 October 1997. When the appeal came on for hearing before me, the JC’s counsel indicated that she intended to raise a preliminary objection on the validity of the notice of appeal and that notice of such intention had been conveyed to the JD’s counsel. I then made an order requiring counsel for both parties to file written submissions on this preliminary objection.

(2) In their submissions, the JC’s counsel contends that the instant appeal