The first and forgotten Chief Minister of Penang
By Koay Su Lyn
October 2013 WINDOW INTO HISTORY
Few young Penangites have ever heard the name Wong Pow Nee, and yet, he was the state’s first Chief Minister. He was, furthermore, the man responsible for laying much of the foundation for the state’s industrial future. It is time he is given due honour.When it comes to the history of Penang’s modernization, the late Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu’s name will always appear. His legacy, from the Free Trade Zone to the Penang Bridge and Komtar, has left an...
Koay Su Lyn
reads and writes of the past to make sense of the present. She is a research analyst in the History and Heritage Programme of Penang Institute.
