Farizan bin Darus: Disruptions Await Society and the Civil Service (Part Two)

By Ooi Kee Beng

September 2021 PENANG PROFILE
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Dato’ Seri Haji Farizan bin Darus.
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THIS IS PART Two of an interview Penang Monthly's editor Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng had with Dato' Seri Haji Farizan bin Darus on April 15, 2021. Farizan retired as State Secretary for Penang State in 2019, and is now CEO for the Penang Infrastructure Corporation. Here, he talks about the longerterm effects of Covid-19 – on people in general, and on the public service. You were the State Secretary when Penang2030 was launched in August 2018 by Chief Minister...

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Ooi Kee Beng

is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His recent books include The Eurasian Core and its Edges: Dialogues with Wang Gungwu on the History of the World (ISEAS 2016). Homepage: wikibeng.com

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