Colonial Penang's pre-modern roots
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Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
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Good hearing and a light touch
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From the successful development of Korea’s steel and shipping industries to Israel’s software cluster, and from the US’s semiconductor giants to Japan’s automobile empire, the “visible hand” of government has been involved, and due credit is now being given them.
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Moving beyond manufacturing
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AS A MAJOR manufacturing country, Malaysia is necessarily a huge market for many imported commodities. It is important to clearly identify the more expensive imported commodities in order to reduce Malaysia's dependence on imports.
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Colonial Penang's pre-modern roots
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Penang under the East India Company 1786-1858Andrew BarberAB&A. 2009; Hard cover;160 pagesReview by Ooi Kee BengThe salience of the approach Barber ch...
Moving beyond manufacturing
7 min read
AS A MAJOR manufacturing country, Malaysia is necessarily a huge market for many imported commodities. It is important to clearly identify the more expensive imported commodities in order to reduce Malaysia's dependence on imports.
PSDC 3.0 - bridging the gap between Policy-making and industrial needs
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IN MARCH 2010, members of the PSDC Management Council were in Phuket for its highly important bi-annual Offsite Meeting. Such gatherings are now a tradition and are held in quiet retreats away from Penang.