01820nam a2200349 a 4500 vtls000079197 MTX 160715s 001 0 eng d 9789814379878 9789814414357 201607151141 staff 201605041225 admin eng HC445.5 959.5054 Ebook Hutchinson, Francis E. 115488 Catching the wind : Penang in a rising/ [electronic resource] edited by Francis E. Hutchinson & Johan Saravanamuttu. Penang in a rising Asia. Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2012. Includes bibliographical references 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 entrepot 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 try. Investments, Foreign Pinang. 115489 Pinang Economic conditions. 115490 Pinang Economic policy. 115491 Pinang History. 115492 Pinang Social life and customs. 115493 World Heritage areas Malaysia Pinang. 115494 Saravanamuttu, Johan. 115495 http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/ISEASB0000474.html 10 75746 75746