E&E and E&E: Penang’s Two Economic Legs Showing Strong Muscles
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Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
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From Free Port to Modern Economy. Economic Development and Social Change in Penang, 1969 to 1990
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Published by Penang Institute and ISEAS (Singapore) 2019Introduction (Abridged)WHILE Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu (1919-2010) was undoubtedly a major actor in the early...
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Seeing, Writing and Creating Better Possibilities
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THE PLOT, TITLE and aesthetics all make a novel. To some authors, the writing comes easier than sketching out the storyline, this often requires research that m...
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