Charting a new direction

By Clarence Schubert

May 2010 BOOK REVIEW
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Edited by Ooi Kee Beng and Goh Ban Lee Published by Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (SERI) and Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS).ONE SELDOM READS a book of this type cover-to-cover in one sitting, as I did. However, for anyone interested in the future of Penang, this collection of studies makes very compelling reading. Most of the papers were presented at the Penang Outlook Forum in June 2009, titled “Restructuring and Reshaping Penang”, and they cover the history of...

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Clarence Schubert

is a consultant specialising in local governance reform and capacity building, and urban services and community development.

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