Catching the wind : Penang in a rising Asia /

However impressive the economic success of Penang has been over the past four decades, structural conditions in the region call for a fundamental reconfiguration of this Malaysian state's competitive advantage. In the 1970s, the ageing entrepôt transformed itself into a manufacturing hub for th...

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Other Authors: Hutchinson, Francis E., Saravanamuttu, J. (Jayaratnam)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2013.
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505 0 |a Foreword by K Kesavapany; Forword by Liew Chin Tong; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION by Johan Saravanamuttu and Francis E. Hutchinson; 1. Situating Penang in Asia and Malaysia by Francis E. Hutchinson; 2. George Town, Penang: Managing a Multicultural World Heritage Site by Khoo Salma Nasution; 3. Heritage as Knowledge: Time, Space, and Culture in Penang by Goh Beng Lan; 4. Heritage Conservation and Muslims in George Town by Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied; 5. Investment Opportunities in Penang by Lee Kah Choon, Wein Siew Wei and Sherine Loke. 
505 8 |a 6. Penang in the New Asian Economy: Skills Development & Future Human Resource Challenges by Poh Heem Heem and Tan Yin Hooi7. PBA Holdings Bhd: The Road to Privatisation, Corporatisation and Beyond by Jaseni Maidinsa; 8. Penang's Technology Opportunities by Yoon Chon Leong; 9. Building a Temporary Second Home: Japanese Long-stay Retirees in Penang by Mika Toyota and Mayumi Ono; 10. Medical Tourism in Penang: A Brief Review of the Sector by Su-Ann Oh; 11. Penang's Halal Industry by Rosalind Chua; REFERENCES. 
520 |a However impressive the economic success of Penang has been over the past four decades, structural conditions in the region call for a fundamental reconfiguration of this Malaysian state's competitive advantage. In the 1970s, the ageing entrepôt transformed itself into a manufacturing hub for the electronics industry and a well-known tourist site. This outward-looking model of economic growth has underpinned Penang's economic development up until the present. The question that now arises is whether Penang's present mode of development will continue to be effective, or whether it will have to. 
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