August 2022 - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

InvestPenang on the Past, Present and Future of Penang’s Industrialisation

7 min read

Dr Beh May Ting of Penang Institute spoke to Dato’ Seri Lee Kah Choon, Special Investment Advisor to the Chief Minister of Penang and Dato’ Loo Lee Lian, Chief Executive Officer of InvestPenang, to discuss the State’s investment trends and the economic outlook for Penang in the coming years.

by Dr. Beh May Ting

The Evolution of Food Discourses in Malaysia

8 min read

SOME LESSONS MAY be gleaned from the past at a time when we have become more conscious about food security, self-sufficiency and sustainability, even while traw...

by William Tham & Chin Kar Yern

Industrialisation in Numbers

3 min read

As the second smallest state in Malaysia, Penang contributed the second-largest manufacturing output to Malaysia’s GDP. This accounts for about 13.9% of the cou...

by Ong Wooi Leng

After 50 Years: No Slowing Down in Penang’s Industrialisation

11 min read

THE PLAN TO establish Penang as a manufacturing hub was initiated in the early ’60s under the first Chief Minister of Penang, Wong Pow Nee, following the recomm...

by Ong Wooi Leng

Bukit Payong: A Sneak Peek Into Penang’s War-Time History

5 min read

THE SOUTHERN COAST of Penang Island is shaped roughly like a crescent, flanked by undulating hills in the background and long sun-kissed beaches at the fore. Th...

by Rexy Prakash Chacko

A Wild Amalgam at Art Biennial for the Young

6 min read

FINALLY, painting is dead, at least in the hugely prestigious Bakat Muda Sezaman (BMS, Young Contemporary Artists) 2021/2022 competition for young artists, some...

by Ooi Kok Chuen

Same old, same old

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by Azmi Hussin