Ooi Tze Xiong - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

PSDC: A Technical Skills Institute of Excellence

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THE 1980S IN Penang was a time of rapid economic growth. A decade earlier, then Chief Minister Lim Chong Eu had envisioned the creation of the Free Industrial Z...

by Ooi Tze Xiong

PSDC Celebrates Penang’s Golden Jubilee of Industrialisation

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IN 1972, PENANG was in economic distress; unemployment rose sharply as its maritime trade floundered. The situation was dismal and so, the tide had to turn…Over...

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PSDC’s New CEO Not Allowing Any Resting on Any Laurels

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ON MARCH 1, Tan Eng Tong became the new chief executive officer of the Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC). A Penangite with a wealth of technological exper...

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PSDC’s Role Continues to Grow as Penang Celebrates 50 Years of Industrialisation

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IT WAS IN August 1972 that then-Chief Minister of Penang Lim Chong Eu stood in the paddy fields of Bayan Lepas and oversaw the groundbreaking ceremony which mar...

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PSDC’s Innovation Conference is Back

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INNOVATION HAS BECOME an even more highly prized commodity since Industrial Revolution 4.0. As the premier skills development institute in Penang, the Penang Sk...

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When Pets Make for Good Business

4 min read

MEET BATZMAN, a four-year-old Pomeranian. After breakfast every morning, his soft brown coat gets a thorough brushing before he heads into “work” – just like hi...

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Major Institutions Provide Upskilling Opportunities to Fight Rising Unemployment

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PENANG, WITH ITS population of about 1.8 million, faces a perennial challenge of retaining human capital. Where this was once resolved by hiring from out of sta...

by Ooi Tze Xiong