Mount Erskine: Penang’s Forgotten Flagstaff Hill – Part 2: The Pulo Tecoose Boat Establishment
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Eugene Quah
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The Critical Role of Domestic Enterprises in Penang’s Industrialisation
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PENANG BEGAN ITS industrial journey amid a challenging economic backdrop in the late 1960s; in 1967, the free port status of this trade-dependent entrepot was r...
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Penang Hill Gallery @ Edgecliff Ready to Awe the Public
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