Contents

Contributors

Foreword – Liew Chin Tong

Introduction – Ooi Kee Beng

List of Tables, Diagrams & Figures

Chapter 1
Lim Chong Eu and Penang: Glimpses of a Personal and Political Relationship
(Khoo Boo Teik and Toh Kin Woon)

Chapter 2
From Munro to Nathan: The Rise of a Modern Economy in Penang
(Koay Su Lyn and Wong Yee Tuan)

Chapter 3
Penang Development Corporation and Penang’s Catalytic Transformation
(Chet Singh)

a. Appendix One: Setting up the Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC) (Poh Heem Heem)

b. Appendix Two: PDC moves into international consulting (Lim Pao Li and Anna Ong Cheng Imm)

Chapter 4
Transition and Transformation: Local Government in Penang (1969-1976)
(Koay Su Lyn)

Chapter 5
“Developmental” States and Economic Growth at the Sub-National Level: The Case of Penang (1970-2005)
(Francis Hutchinson)

Chapter 6
Industrialisation and Poverty in Penang
(Muhammad Ikmal Mohd. Said)

Chapter 7
From Swamps to Semiconductors
(Rajah Rasiah)

Chapter 8
Growing Global Production Sharing: The Tale of Penang Export Hub, Malaysia
(Prema-Chandra Athukorala)