The man who industrialised Penang
by
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
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Between faith and hope
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Forlorn letterboxes in a Rifle Range block.When Khoo Cheng See started the House of Hope five years ago, she had no idea what she was getting herself into...
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Good hearing and a light touch
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From the successful development of Korea’s steel and shipping industries to Israel’s software cluster, and from the US’s semiconductor giants...
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Getting good bacteria to green Penang
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