Book Review

Freedom of Political Speech and Social Responsibility in Malaysia

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THE CORE IDEA OF freedom of speech is the freedom to express and communicate ideas and thoughts without fear of the consequences. In political contexts, such...

The Tiger That Lost Its Roar – A Tale of Malaysia’s Political Economy

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THIS BOOK BY Tony Pua, an Oxford-trained economist who currently is a Member of Parliament from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), is a collection of articles t...

Heritage Trees of Penang

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When you browse through a bookstore to search for books on cultural landscapes, it is not uncommon to find many that deal with the built environment, and how...

Honest Memoirs From An Extraordinary Lady

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This much-awaited volume lives up to all reasonable expectations and should be read by anyone – historian, lawyer or layman – interested in Penang,...

Master Photographers: The Professor & The Doctor

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Penang has an uncanny knack for being able to constantly surprise – both in art and Politics – and in Ismail Hashim and Dr Ooi Cheng Ghee, has thr...

PKFZ: A Nation's Trust Betrayed

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This book is a comprehensive documentation of the sordid affairs of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) which began in the early 1990s with a co-operative that comp...

At Home with the Peranakan Chinese

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Hybridity is the essence of cultural development, and it is largely for political and economic reasons that the process of cultural definition is carried, large...

A Convincing Case for Farquhar

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The present always becomes the past. And the past in turn is something that slowly settles, obscuring as often as it educates; and in time it becomes hardened t...

An Ultimate Reference Guide to Penang Hill

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This comprehensive book will appeal to anyone who has plodded his or her way meditatively along a hill trail, or been driven in a buggy along Summit Road while...

Louise Goss-Custard

Freedom of Political Speech and Social Responsibility in Malaysia

The Tiger That Lost Its Roar – A Tale of Malaysia’s Political Economy

Heritage Trees of Penang

Honest Memoirs From An Extraordinary Lady

Master Photographers: The Professor & The Doctor

PKFZ: A Nation's Trust Betrayed

At Home with the Peranakan Chinese

A Convincing Case for Farquhar

An Ultimate Reference Guide to Penang Hill

Inspirational Lessons From Tony Fernandes

Revealing Complexities in the Practice of Faith in Malaysia

Two Perspectives on Late Colonial Life in Penang