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Remembering the Eight Pioneers
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ACTING AS a key entrepot for the Far East, Penang in the 19th and early 20th century flourished. The free port system that the British tended to impose in its p...
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From Free Port to Modern Economy. Economic Development and Social Change in Penang, 1969 to 1990
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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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Jeju and Penang: Two Islands, But Two So Very Different Bus Rides
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JEJU, PRESENT DAY: The electronic readout at the chrome and glass sheltered bus stop tells me my bus is two minutes away. The bus stop provides free Wi-Fi, so I...
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Building an App for a Crisis
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TO BUILD A properly functioning app for urgent public use is no small feat. Take for example the now defunct Penang Contact Tracer application, or PGCare for sh...
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Enzo Sim
Malaysians Move from Game-playing to Game-making
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GONE ARE THE days of the parent-child barter trade: “Score Straight As in your exams, and you’ll get that Gameboy Yellow you wanted.” Today, t...