Middle Bank – Penang’s Central Park
By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
June 2023 EDITORIAL
HISTORY seldom follows a distinct and predictable line of events. Contingencies, serendipities, good luck and bad luck, all come into play. Naturally, therefore, how polities interact with geography over time leaves behind legacies and perspectives which do not necessarily act to their best advantage. In fact, these probably limit how we, in the present, think about our limitations and our possibilities, and how we decide on our key values and our pet distastes.My article this month wishes to highlight this...
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.
