Let’s clean up our island city
By Goh Ban Lee
July 2015 VOICE IN THE CROWD
In general, human settlements are called villages, towns or cities, depending on size and importance. But more often than not, the difference between “town” and “city” is unclear.In Malaysia, a human settlement, in accordance with English tradition, can only be called a city following the declaration of a royal charter by the monarch – in our case, the Yang di- Pertuan Agong. In contrast, all human settlements in the US are referred to as cities, even if there are only...
Goh Ban Lee
is a senior research fellow in the Penang Institute.
