Pilot Studies for a New Penang - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pilot Studies for a New Penang write by Ooi Kee Beng. This book was released on 2010. Pilot Studies for a New Penang available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Higher Education in Regional and City Development: State of Penang, Malaysia 2011
Higher Education in Regional and City Development: State of Penang, Malaysia 2011 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Higher Education in Regional and City Development: State of Penang, Malaysia 2011 write by OECD. This book was released on 2011-03-29. Higher Education in Regional and City Development: State of Penang, Malaysia 2011 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This publication reviews higher education and economic development in the State of Penang, Malaysia. It analyzes how the higher education system impacts the region's economic development.
Contested Space
Contested Space - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contested Space write by Gwynn Jenkins. This book was released on 2008. Contested Space available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In August 2007, the month when Malaysia celebrated 50 years of independence from colonial rule, two historic cities on the Straits of Malacca were assessed for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This book explores the cultural, social and physical history of one city and its multi ethnic population, tracing its urban evolution, the cultures of its population and the reflection of their cultures in their architecture and urban forms. It also investigates national and international influences - including those of heritage conservation bodies, and examines their impact on cultural perceptions, in order to unravel the identity reconstructions that have taken place over the nation's first 50 years.
Power, Piety, and People
Power, Piety, and People - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Power, Piety, and People write by Michael Dumper. This book was released on 2020-07-14. Power, Piety, and People available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Conflicts in cities that have particular religious significance often become intense, protracted, and violent. Why are holy cities so frequently contested, and how can these conflicts be mediated and resolved? In Power, Piety, and People, Michael Dumper explores the causes and consequences of contemporary conflicts in holy cities. He explains how common features of holy cities, such as powerful and autonomous religious hierarchies, income from religious endowments, the presence of sacred sites, and the performance of ritual activities that affect other communities, can combine to create tension. Power, Piety, and People offers five case studies of important disputes, beginning with Jerusalem, often seen as the paradigmatic example of a holy city in conflict. Dumper also discusses Córdoba, where the Islamic history of its Mosque-Cathedral poses challenges to the control exercised by the Roman Catholic Church; Banaras, where competing Muslim and Hindu claims to sacred sites threaten the fragile equilibrium that exists in the city; Lhasa, where the Communist Party of China severely restricts the ancient practice of Tibetan Buddhism; and George Town in Malaysia, a rare example of a city with many different religious communities whose leaders have successfully managed intergroup conflicts. Applying the lessons drawn from these cities to a broader global urban landscape, this book offers scholars and policy makers new insights into a pervasive category of conflict that often appears intractable.
Catching the Wind
Catching the Wind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Catching the Wind write by Francis E. Hutchinson. This book was released on 2012. Catching the Wind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. However impressive the economic success of Penang has been over the past four decades, structural conditions in the region call for a fundamental reconfiguration of this Malaysian state’s competitive advantage. In the 1970s, the ageing entrepôt transformed itself into a manufacturing hub for the electronics industry and a well-known tourist site. This outward-looking model of economic growth has underpinned Penang’s economic development up until the present. The question that now arises is whether Penang’s present mode of development will continue to be effective, or whether it will have to transform itself. First, Malaysia in general, and Penang in particular are caught in a middle-income trap. Second, while the evolving weight of the global economy is shifting towards Asia, many of its emerging powers are competing with Penang in areas where it formerly excelled. Third, Penang is a state within a federation, and its capital, George Town, is a secondary city. Neither can rival Kuala Lumpur in terms of size or facilities, and thus must offer investors other attributes. Effectively meeting these challenges while retaining Penang’s vibrant and living culture are the key issues that are dealt with in this second volume of the Penang Studies Series.
