Contents
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)