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1 online resource |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD / Eng, Lim Guan -- FOREWORD / Kesavapany, K. -- INTRODUCTION / Lee, Goh Ban / Beng, Ooi Kee -- 1. Moving Penang from Past to Present / Choon, Lee Kah / Chiang, Chan Huan -- 2. Asia’s Shift towards Innovation and Its Implications for Penang / Wong, Poh-Kam / Ping, Ho Yuen -- 3. Shallow Pockets but Close to the Action: Industrial Policy at the Sub-national Level and the Case of Penang / Hutchinson, Francis E. -- 4. Implementing Pro-Employment Policies at the Sub-national Level / Tong, Liew Chin / Hutchinson, Francis E. -- 5. Re-thinking State and Health Care in Penang / Khoon, Chan Chee -- 6. Social Justice and the Penang Housing Question / Lee, Goh Ban -- 7. Some Thoughts on Private Higher Education in Penang / I-Lin, Sin -- 8. Re-examining State Finances and Governance: The Challenge for Penang / Narayan, Suresh / Hui, Lim Mah / Leng, Ong Wooi -- 9. Tweaking the State Delivery Mechanism: The Case of the MPPP / Beng, Ooi Kee / Lee, Goh Ban -- 10. Positioning Penang for Sustainable Growth / Radhi, Nungsari Ahmad / Majeed, Hamdan Abdul -- 11. The Wage-Productivity Question and Women in the Workforce: A Labour Statistics Approach for the Penang State Government / Yue-Yi, Hwa -- 12. The Embodiment of Social Justice in Employment Legislation and HR Practices / Jessy, Ajit Singh -- Epilogue. Social Dimensions of Economic Development / Ramasamy, P |
| Summary |
Most of the chapters in this volume were first presented at the Penang Outlook Forum 2009, held on 1-2 June 2009 at the E&O Hotel in Penang. A few others have been added to complement those at the conference. At present, comprehensive and authoritative studies on Penang's current economic conditions are a rarity. This book is thus an effort to correct that lack. Evidence does suggest that the state had not been doing well in the first half of the first decade of the new millennium. Being a small state situated relatively far away from the administrative capital of Putrajaya, Penang has to be economically innovative if it is to regain its place at the forefront of Malaysian development. The relationship between the state and the federal government remains a vital matter |
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ISEAS e-books |
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Pulau Pinang -- Economic conditions -- Congresses
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Pulau Pinang -- Economic policy -- Congresses
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Goh, Ban Lee
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Ooi, Kee Beng
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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
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Socio-Economic & Environmental Research Institute (Pulau Pinang, Malaysia)
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| ISBN |
9789814279697 |
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9789814279703 |
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9814279706 |
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9814279692 |
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