JUDGMENT

Abdul Hamid Mohamad JCA:

In this judgment the respondent (husband) in the High Court proceeding will be referred to as "the appellant" and the petitioner (wife) in the High Court will be referred to as "the respondent". They are both medical doctors. They were married on 1 May 1983. They were separated on 27 October 1990. A decree nisiwas issued on 17 September 1993 and was made absolute on 9 May 1994.

This appeal is against the order of the court regarding the division of their matrimonial assets.

At the time of the marriage both parties were employed as medical doctors at the Mentakab District Hospital. After two years of marriage the appellant resigned from government service and joined a group practice in Shah Alam. They set up their matrimonial home in Shah Alam, at a rented house. During that period the respondent (wife) travelled from Mentakab to Shah Alam during weekends. Shortly thereafter she joined the Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM). She was given quarters at Kenny Hills. However, they continued to live at the rented house in Shah Alam. The KTM house was occupied by the respondent's parents for about nine months. In December 1986 the parties used the KTM house as t