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After 15 Rousing Years, the Penang Renaissance Still Resonates Clearly

By OOI KEE BENG, Penang Monthly 15th Anniversary bumper Issue, October 2024 WE ARE AT one of those self-appraising points in time when we—not only Penang Monthly, but also Penang Institute as a whole—stare hard into the rearview mirror in order to orientate our journey forward. In fact, individually, we do that all the time … Continue reading

Preparing Penang for the Next Economic Lift-off

OPENING SPEECH by Dato’ Dr Ooi Kee Beng, Executive Director of Penang Institute at the Penang Economic Forum 2024, co-organised by Affin Hwang Investment Bank and Penang Institute. 25 June 2024. OVER THE LAST few months, working with the team from Affin Hwang Investment Bank organising this conference has sparked in us at Penang Institute, … Continue reading

Rethinking the Reform Agenda for a New Age

By OOI KEE BENG, for The Edge FORUM: Picking on the Present. 25 -31 May 2024. WE ALL AGREE that the world has changed greatly in recent centuries, accelerating in the last decades to such a degree that it is now almost impossible to isolate and identify dynamics of change well enough for us to … Continue reading

The Creative Industries Require More Organic Solidarity and Less Mechanical Solidarity

By Ooi Kee Beng May 2024 editorial in Penang Monthly IF YOU WISH to enhance material production, be this of electronic chips, fish and chips, or arts and crafts, the contemporary wisdom today is to aim for the establishment of a supportive ecosystem. Until recently, the word “hub” was the cool term to throw around in … Continue reading