Cover Story - Penang Monthly (Page 6)

Penang’s Success is Malaysia’s Success

12 min read

In an interview with Penang Economic Monthly, Invest Penang’s executive committee chairman, Datuk Lee Kah Choon, elaborates on the organisation’s growing role and how it now offers existing and potential investors value-added services.

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

Taking Tourism To The Next Level

16 min read

From being one of Asia’s leading sun, sea and sand destinations in the 1960s and 1970s, Penang’s tourism industry seemed to wane in the 1990s, in the face of stiff regional competition.

by Ong Wooi Leng & Richard Ho & Rosalind Chua

Richard Ho Rosalind Chua

Halal – the next frontier

15 min read

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and Haji Abdul Malik Kassim at mou signing at mihas 2009.The global halal industryInternational experts place the worth of t...

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

Nation In A Dilemma

15 min read

The mere mention of migrant workers is usually greeted with a sneer, and when not, it is because of indifference. Foreign workers are often seen as a wage depressant, and accused of “taking” jobs away from locals.

by Ivy Kwek

Ivy Kwek

Good hearing and a light touch

11 min read

From the successful development of Korea’s steel and shipping industries to Israel’s software cluster, and from the US’s semiconductor giants to Japan’s automobile empire, the “visible hand” of government has been involved, and due credit is now being given them.

by Francis Hutchinson

Penang's Place in the 10mp

9 min read

The 10th Malaysia Plan is now announced. Analysts have generally found it wanting in detailed information. More importantly, it marks a break from the past with its greater focus on corridor development.

by Chan Huan Chiang

Chan Huan Chiang

Priced off Penang: Who can afford an island home?

12 min read

Property prices in Penang have skyrocketed in recent years, particularly in the northeastern region of the island, and young Penangites now face the prospect of...

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah

City of birds

10 min read

OVER 200 YEARS have passed since Captain Francis Light of the British East India Company established Penang’s capital city George Town, and it would be fair to say that the city’s character has remained virtually unchanged.

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

Returning Power To The People

12 min read

In a two-part special report, Francis Hutchinson and Ivy Kwek examine the nature of Malaysia’s federalism and how the relationship between state and federal governments can be enhanced for social and economic benefits.

by Francis Hutchinson & Ivy Kwek

Ivy Kwek

The State of The Economy

10 min read

The 2011 Budget signals troubling reliance on private growth. Without economic decentralisation and public sector expansion, Malaysia risks stalling in the middle-income trap.

by Chan Huan Chiang

Chan Huan Chiang

Life on the List

14 min read

Puan Maimunah Sharif.ENOUGH TIME has now passed for PEM to start asking what the most signifi cant and most noticeable changes are. We also wish to find o...

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah

Keeping Penang watered

15 min read

IT HAS BEEN a busy couple of months for the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP, more commonly referred to as PBA). On December 28, 2010, the water company c...

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah