The Spice Island of Penang, 1834
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PENANG HAS been a spice island from the period nearly of its first settlement. Pepper engrossed the consideration of capitalists for many years, and until...
Our Economist At The UN
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I first met Jomo KS in late 2004. This was also in Singapore, just after I had relocated back to the region from Europe. Having lived almost three decades on th...
Adult Suffrage Comes to Penang and Malaysia, 1951
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Voter registration under way.The Report on the Introduction of Elections in the Municipality of George Town, Penang (Kuala Lumpur: Government Press, 1951)...
Woo, The Lucky Economist
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Penang used to have exciting libraries which young boys and girls could visit to learn about the outside world. As we know, such institutions can be great cla...
Reporting on Penang’s twin, Pulau Jerejak, 1787
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“The island of Jerajah is about two miles in length and one in breadth, it is very high and steep and thickly covered with wood in the s...
Germany Wins Battle of Penang, 1914
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Sydney On October 28, 1914, the Germans disguised their ship as an Allied vessel and entered Penang harbour. Before their enemies could respond whe...
Need Think Tanks For New Times
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This interview with YB Liew Chin Tong, outgoing executive director of Penang Institute and Member of Parliament for Bukit Bendera, discusses his understanding...
Slavery in Penang,1841
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Slavery in the British colonies was not abolished until the Slavery Abolition Act was passed on August 23, 1833, but this was repealed in 1838.Civil activism...
Epidemic Diseases in Penang, 1819
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“The principal Epidemic Diseases (on Prince of Wales Island) have been the small pox and cholera. The former recurs nearly every year, with more or less...
Honest Memoirs From An Extraordinary Lady
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This much-awaited volume lives up to all reasonable expectations and should be read by anyone – historian, lawyer or layman – interested in Penang,...
Martina Rozells – Penang’s first First Lady
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During the year 1772 Light allied himself with Martina Rozells, a lady regarding whose antecedents an element of romance has been attributed by some contempor...
The Creative Economy Appears Devised for Penang
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THE TERM “Creative Economy” sometimes sounds like an oxymoron in that human creativity is more often than not associated with the arts, executed more for passio...