Inhabitants of Penang, 1803

By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

December 2012 WINDOW INTO HISTORY
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After Captain Norman MacAlister had served for over a decade as the Commander of the Artillery Upon Prince Of Wales Island, he published in 1803 a book lengthily titled Historical Memoir relative to Prince of Wales Island in the Straits of Malacca: and its Importance Political and Commercial (London: J.H. Hart of Warwik-Square, Newgate Street).The 38-page typewritten volume was conceived more as a report to the East India Company and the British Government in London than as a public document....

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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.

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