Book on Penang economy on sale via online

A BOOK, entitled ‘Pilot Studies for a New Penang,’ is now on sale through Amazon.com.

The book is a compilation of studies on Penang’s current economic condition and is jointly published by the Socio-Economic & Environmental Research Institute (Seri) and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

The book is part of Seri’s Penang Studies Series which promotes the concept of Penang studies through publications, seminars and digital library.

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 debated 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 been 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.

Table of Contents

Pilot Studies for a New Penang

Preliminary pages with Introduction

1. Moving Penang from Past to Future, by Lee Kah Choon Chan Huan Chiang

2. Asia's Shift towards Innovation and its Implications for Penang, by Wong Poh Kam Ho Yuen Ping

3. Shallow Pockets but Close to the Action: Industrial Policy at the Sub-national Level, by Francis Edward Hutchinson

4. Implementing Pro-Employment Policies at the Sub-national Level, by Liew Chin Tong Francis Edward Hutchinson

5. Re-thinking Health Care and the State, by Chan Chee Khoon

6. Social Justice and the Penang Housing Question, by Goh Ban Lee

7. Some Thoughts on Private Higher Education in Penang, by Sin I-Lin

8. Re-examining Penang State Finances and Governance, by Suresh Narayanan Lim Mah Hui Ong Wooi Leng

9. Tweaking the State's Delivery Mechanism: The Case of the MPPP, by Ooi Kee Beng Goh Ban Lee

10. Positioning Penang for Sustainable Growth, by Nungsari Ahmad Radhi Hamdan Abdul Majeed

11. The Wage-Productivity Question and Women in the Workforce: A Labour Statistics Approach for the Penang State Government , by Hwa Yue-Yi

12. Embodying Social Justice in Employment Legislation and HR Practices, by Ajit Singh Jessy

13. Epilogue: Social Dimensions of Economic Development, by P Ramasamy

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