After 50 Years: No Slowing Down in Penang’s Industrialisation
by
Ong Wooi Leng
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Industrialisation in Numbers
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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...
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