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Faces of Industrial Penang: Hamdan – Doer and Dreamer
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Tell us something about your background.My early years were in Penang. I left Penang Free School to pursue a degree in Economics from the University of Lond...
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Microcredit, Macro-Goals
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Poverty eradication has always been a tall order, and approaches to do so over the years have been subject to much debate.You may have heard of Prof Muhamma...
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