List of Tables, Diagrams, Figures and Photos

Tables

Table 2.1

Gross Domestic Product by Sector in Percentage – Penang, 1970 and 1975

Table 5.1

Firms in PDC Industrial Areas (1970-1990)

Table 5.2

Employment in PDC Industrial Areas (1970-1990)

Table 5.3

Firms in PDC Industrial Parks (1990-2005)

Table 5.4

Employment in PDC Industrial Parks (1990-2005)

Table 5.5

Foreign Direct Investment in Penang’s Electronic Sector

Table 6.1

Trends in Manufacturing Sector

Table 6.2

Incidence of Poverty in West Malaysia, 1957-1970

Table 6.3

Incidence of Poverty in West Malaysia, 1970 - 2014

Table 6.4

Penang GDP Growth Rate (%), 1975-2015

Table 6.5

Economic Structure (% Share in GDP) of Penang

Table 6.6

Selected GDP Per Capita, 1970-2014

Table 6.7

Mean Monthly Gross Household Income by State, 1974 - 2014

Table 6.8

Incidence of Poverty, 1970-2014

Table 6.9

Percentage of Urban to Total Population

Table 6.10

Employed Persons by Industry, Penang, 1984-2014 (%)

Table 7.1

Semiconductor Companies in Penang, 1971-2011

Table 8.1

Branch plants of multinational enterprises operating in Penang, 2005

Table 8.2

Ownership structure of manufacturing firms in Penang, as of August 2008

Table 8.3

Top 25 foreign enterprises in Penang: employment and product lines (as at August 2008)

Table 8.4

Home-country profile of foreign firms in Penang (as at August 2008)

Table 8.5

Merchandise exports from Penang: value, composition and share of total Malaysian exports

Table 8.6

Per capital GDP in Malaysia and Malaysian States and Federal Territories (in MYR)

Table 8.7

Mean monthly gross household Income and incidence of poverty

Table 8.8

Foreign-ownership in Malaysian manufacturing: Penang in the national context, 2005 (percentage shares)

Diagrams & Figures

Diagram App.3.1

The PSDC Tripartite Model

Figure 7.1

Technological Upgrading

Figure 8.1

Map of Malaysia and Penang

Figure 8.2

Penang: distribution of the number branch plants of MNEs in operation and their employment (headcount) by the year of entry as at 2005

Figure 8.3

Manufactured Exports from Penang: Vale (US$ million) (left scale) and share in Malaysian exports

Figure 8.4

Value, Volume and Price (unit value) indices of electronics exports from Malaysia

Figure 8.5

Malaysian Patent registration: Selangor, Penang and other states, 1976-2006

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A Light Moment. (From left) Penang’s first Chief Minister, Wong Pow Nee; Lim Chong Eu’s wife, Goh Sing Yeng; Wong Pow Nee’s wife, Elizabeth Law; and Lim Chong Eu.

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A rare moment of Lim Chong Eu with Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia.

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Booklet of National Semiconductors, one of the earliest MNCs to be established in Penang – accepting graduates with technical skills.

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Booklet of National Semiconductors – opening of National Semiconductors by Lim Chong Eu.

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Lim Chong Eu greeting HRH Queen Elizabeth II during her royal visit to Penang in 1972.

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Celebrating Lim Chong Eu’s 20th Anniversary as Chief Minister of Penang, from 1969 to 1989. Dato Seri Chet Singh, the first General Manager of PDC, is seen on his left.

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Lim Chong Eu in a meeting with Donald Dunstan, Premier of South Australia and Tun Abdul Razak, then Prime Minister, in April 1975 – about eight months before Razak passed away.

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Lim Chong Eu’s victory moment in the 1969 General Elections where Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia became the first opposition party to rule Penang and Chong Eu became the second Chief Minister of Penang.

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Lim Chong Eu receiving a warm welcome during his visit to Indonesia in the early 1980s.

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Lim Chong Eu with Indonesian delegates on a trip to Indonesia in the early 1980s.

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Inspecting a potential site for FTZ establishment in the 1970s.

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The construction of KOMTAR in the 1970s. KOMTAR was part of Lim Chong Eu’s rejuvenation plan for George Town.

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Inspecting the construction of the Penang Bridge in the early 1980s.

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Inspecting the construction of the Penang Bridge in the early 1980s.

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Launching of Penang Bridge with Tun Dr Mahathir, then Prime Minister, in the late 1980s. Penang Bridge was a mammoth project realised by Lim Chong Eu as part of the development plan for Penang.

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Meeting German delegates in Germany for potential investments in the early 1980s.

We would like to thank the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Foundation and the late Mr Ong See Fook for their kind permission to use photos from their collection for this book.