From Free Port to Modern Economy. Economic Development and Social Change in Penang, 1969 to 1990
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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