Pilot Studies for a New Penang ment (GIWA) a GEF/UNEP funded project based at the University of University the at based project (GIWA)funded GEF/UNEPment a the economic policies task team of Global International Waters Assess- also served as a member of the combined has methods task team as well as Chan Dr. level, international the At Studies. Pacific and Asia of of the editorial boards of Kajian Malaysia and the International Journal of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) Northern Branch. He is a member Federation the of committee policies economic the of member a also fellow with the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) research and associate an is He Sciences. Social of School USM’s in ics econom sector public and econometrics finance, taught He Malaysia. Sains Universiti Research, Policy for Centre the at professor associate an was and Fellow SERI a is He Pennsylvania. of University the from transition. in systems health and development, and technology,environment and science in issues policy and ethical diseases, infectious re-emerging and emerging include interests research current His Malaysia. in ment Environ- of Department the and adviser), policy (health Associations Consumer Malaysian of Federation Association, Medical Malaysian SERI, Health, of Ministry the and Agency,Cooperation Japan International UNESCO, UNESCAP, Organization, Health World mission, as consultant and technical adviser to the World Bank, European Com- served has Chan Dr 2004-2005. in fellowship senior API Foundation Nippon a as teach- well as Harvard, MITand at fellowships research and ing carcinoma, nasopharyngeal of epidemiology the on research doctoral his supported which fellowship Pasteur Institut an is awards University.Harvard his from Among Epidemiology in degree Science of Doctor a has and sciences, life in degrees Technologywith of tute Universiti Sains Malaysia. He graduated from the Massachusetts Insti- eevd i P.. n einl science regional in Ph.D. his received Chiang Huan Chan Dr at policy social and health of professor is Khoon Chee Chan Dr VI [ CONTRIBUTORS ] - Contributors Malaysia in Planning Urban (2007). VII Non-compliance – A Neglected Agenda in Urban Governance is a SERI Fellow. He is also a columnist for the- for columnist a also is He Fellow. SERI a is Lee Ban Goh Dr Encik Hamdan Abdul Majeed currently heads the department Dr Francis Hutchinson is a consultant specializing in gover- Kalmar Kalmar in Sweden, and has acted as economic consultant in missions involving the development of export processing zones in Kenya and Sri Lanka on behalf of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank respectively. Sun newspaper in Malaysia, focusing on issues related to urban gov- Sci- Social of Bachelor a has He planning. urban and housing ernance, ences and Master of Social Sciences from Universiti Sains Malaysia and a Ph. D. in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was an associate professor in Universiti Sains Malaysia and vice principal of Tunku Abdul Rahman College. He also served on the first National Economic Consultative Council (1989-1991) and (1989-1995). Council Municipal Island Penang the in councillor a was He was involved in projects conducted by United Nations Centre for the of Program Management Urban (UNCRD), Development Regional AsianAsia - ProductivityPacificUnited Organi Region,Nations and – are publications his Among (APO). zation (1991), (2002) and Counselling Local Councils overseeing Khazanah investment activities in the Northern Corridor. Prior to that, he was actively involved in developing new investment initiatives for Khazanah both in Malaysia and abroad. Before joining group, advisory corporate a of director founding the was he Khazanah, where he was involved extensively in debt capital markets advisory specializing in structured finance and project finance. he Priorwas to that, attached to HSBC Investment Banking as a specialist in eq- uity capital markets, covering the Malaysian equity market. He has an interest in the development of civil society in Malaysia, the political nations and Islam. He holds a degree in Eco- World Third economy of of London. nomics and Management from the University nance, public sector management, and decentralization. He holds Ph.D. in Public a Policy Administration and from the Crawford School of Economics and Government of Australian the National University. His dissertation entitled ‘Can Sub-national States be Developmental?’ looks at industrial policy at the sub-national level in Malaysia and In- Pilot Studies for a New Penang at ISEAS, Singapore. He graduated with a degree in Political Science Political in degree a with graduated He Singapore. ISEAS, at Fellow Visitinga Research formerly was He (REFSA). Advancement Social for Research heads also and Institute, Research Environmental Mr Lim Guan Eng. He is Executive Director of the Socio-economic and Minister,Penang’sChief to advisor policy also and Penang, Bendera, and ChungLingHighSchool,Penang. London. He is a alumnus of the Royal Military College Kuala Lumpur University City MAfrom an University,and Southampton from LLB an holds He 1986. Walesin & England of Bar and 1987 in Malaysia of Bar the to called being after 2004, to 1987 from practice legal vate pri- own his with lawyer practicing a was He 1997-1999. Councillor Municipal Perai Seberang was Dato’Lee career, political his to Prior 2008. to 1999 from Constituency Jelutong the for Parliament of ber Mem- as and 2008, to 2004 from Health of Ministry the of Secretary Parliamentary as Dato’served Corporation. Lee Development Penang appointments inSingapore’s MinistryofForeign Affairs. staff key held and 1997) March - 1991 (December Geneva in Nations the in United career the to Representative Permanent as served he Service, 30-year Foreign his In 2002. to 1997 from Malaysia to sioner Commis- High Singapore’s was He Studies. Asian Southeast of tute also completedinternshipsatSERIandtheSun. has She London. in (SOAS) Studies African and Oriental of School the at exchange on semester a spent she programme, B.A. her of part inter-ethnicrelations. and policy education include As interests search re- Her Massachusetts. in College Williams at Arabic in certificate a the UniversitiesofCambridgeandSussex,respectively. from Studies Development and Sciences Political & Social in degrees lytica and Control Risks. A political scientist by training, he also holds Agency as well as political risk consultancy firms such as Oxford Ana- Aid International Australian the UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, Bank, policy,industrial level the for Worldpolicy social and anti-corruption, state- decentralization, capacity, state on research applied out carried has He studies. case as Karnataka and Penang of states the taking dia, Mr Liew Chin Tong is the Member of Parliament (DAP) for Bukit the of and investPenang of Director the is Choon Dato’Kah Lee Insti- Singapore’s of Director the is Kesavapany K Ambassador Yue-YiHwa Ms is studying for a B.A. in political economy and economy political in B.A. a for studying is VIII Contributors IX Mr Lim Guan Eng is Chief Minister of Penang. He has a degree Dr Lim Mah Hui is a Senior SERI Fellow Fellow at and Visiting Prof Suresh Narayanan holds bachelor and master degrees in Dr Nungsari Ahmad Radhi joined Khazanah as Executive Di- and an Honours degree Asian in Studies from Australian the National University and holds an International Masters in Regional Integration Malaya. University of Asia-Europe Institute, from the in economics from Monash University, Australia, and is a qualified professional accountant. He is the Member of Parliament (DAP) for Bagan, Penang, and state assemblyman Air for Putih. He is the secre- Action Party (DAP). tary-general of the Democratic Devel- Asian the at Specialist Senior as served he that, to Prior ISEAS. Dr recovery. equity and debt sector private of field the in Bank opment Lim also has extensive banking experience in the area of investments finan- prominent in portfolios various held having loans, corporate and cial institutions within Asia the Pacific region. His distinguished con- tributions in academia cover research and lecturing positions at Uni- versiti University Malaya, Temple and Duke University in the United mort- subprime US the on focused have publications recent His States. developing economies. gage crisis as well as labour concerns in econom- in Ph.D. his received and Malaya, Universiti from economics He is currently Professor ics of from Economics Boston at University. School USM’s of Social Sciences. His fields of research include indi- rect taxation, labour migration, foreign labour issues and Aal- technology and Mexico, de Colegio El at Professor Visiting a was He transfer. Harvard at Scholar Visiting a also was He Denmark. in University borg University Technical the and (Sweden) University Uppsala University, of Denmark. He has served as a consultant to several local agencies such as the National Action Economic Council (NEAC), the Ministry of Finance, the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister’s De- of Institute the (PDC), Corporation Development Penang the partment, Eco- of Institute Malaysian the and (ISIS) Studies Social and Strategic nomic Research (MIER). He was a consultant to UNDP and ILO and has just completed a study for the NEAC on reducing the Malaysian dependence on foreign labour. rector, Research and Investment Strategy, in 2007. After ten years in academia, he resigned as Dean of the School of Economics at Uni- Pilot Studies for a New Penang themes in her Masters and Honours years, she published in published she years, related Honours and Masters her on in themes Working market. labour and education the in distinction social of practices middle-class Malaysian studying presently is She migration. international and transitions study-work education, higher Edinburgh whose key research interests are social mobility aspirations, and aseniorvisitingresearchfellowatISEAS. He was subsequently visiting professor at Kassel University, Germany, at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia until his retirement in August 2005. science political of professor was he politics, entering Before Penang. and editorforthePenangEconomicMonthly. Singapore, Newspaper,Today for columnist a is He Asia. Eastern in Timeand , WarZi’sof , Sun Art Mahathir, after Malaysia Transition: of United Nations, Badawi; lah University. His books include Kong’sCity the Hong at Social Administration and Public at of Department professor associate visiting also and Singapore of University ate professor at the Southeast Asian Studies Programme at the National a doctorate in Sinology. He is a Fellow at ISEAS, and is adjunct associ- eral years studying Practical Philosophy, he concluded his studies with University, with Public Administration being his first degree. After sev- of Management,PurdueUniversity. School Krannert the from PhD a holds He (2005). Development Rural book he edited was edited he book recent most the and Edge The for regularly writes also He economics. public and theory game applied organization, industrial in been have interest of areas His Associates. Innovation of Director Associate an was and Berhad Darby Sime at stint brief a had he Khazanah, joining Malaysia, Yayasan Pelajaran MARA and the National Library. Priorto Pertanian Bank of member Board a also was he organizations, tional Besides representing the Malaysian Parliament in a number of interna- 1995. in Seat Parliamentary a winning before Malaysia Utara versiti is a PhD student in Sociology at the University of University the at Sociology in student PhD a is Lin I Sin Ms P.Prof. Ramasamy Dr Ooi Kee Beng’s entire tertiary education was done at Stockholm Continent and Coast and Ocean: Dynamics of Regionalism of Dynamics Ocean: and Coast and Continent March 8: Eclipsing May 13, May Eclipsing 8: March Lost in Transition: Malaysia under Abdullah; The Era New Challenges Facing Poverty Eradication and Eradication Poverty Facing Challenges New The Reluctant Politician: Tun Dr Ismail and His and Ismail Dr Tun Politician: Reluctant The is currently Second Deputy Chief Minister of Minister Chief Deputy Second currently is Arrested Reform: The Undoing of Abdul- X Chinese Strategists: Beyond Strategists: Chinese Malaya’s First Year at the at YearMalaya’s First Studies in Studies Contributors XI the Asian and PacificMigration . Journal She and Mr Ajit Singh Jessy, Advocate and Solicitor, has over 30 years Dr Wong Poh Kam is Professor at National University of Sin- Higher Higher Education studied for an MSc in Sociological Research at the University of Man- of University the at Research Sociological in MSc an for studied National Australian the at Sociology in (Hons) BA a and (2007) chester Sociol- of Department the at worked previously She (2005). University ogy in the National University of Singapore, assisting in research on indicators in Singapore. and social migrant integration of Personnel-Industrial Relations experience. Prior to going into legal Advisor Legal and Manager Resources Human Group was he practice, of Palmco Holdings. He is ranked Industrial Relations among the Top multination- and corporate leading both advising Malaysia, in Lawyers of Chairman is He clients. litigant senior representing and companies al advises which Committee, Liaison Resources Human State Penang the the State Government on labour and industrial relations issues and is also a member of the Bar Councils Industrial Court Practice Commit- tee. He is a past Chairman of Malaysia Employers Federation (North- ern Region), Malaysian Institute of Personnel Management (Northern Association. Branch) and Electrical Industry Employers gapore (NUS)’s Business School and concurrently serves as Director of the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre. He also holds joint professor- ship appointment at the LKY School of Public Policy and the Engi- Management Division of Technology Engineering & neering School’s (DETM). He obtained two BSc.s., an MSc. and a Ph.D. Prior to from joining NUS in 1988, MIT. he co-founded two IT companies and a consulting firm As in director Malaysia. of the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre, he spearheads entrepreneurship the education university’s and outreach programs and various university technology spin-off support programs including incubator facilities, seed funding and mentoring. He also directs the research centre’s program on technology entrepre- neurship and innovation strategy. He has published in numerous in- ternational journals on high tech industries, innovation strategy/policy Journal the others, among including, entrepreneurship, technology and Entrepreneurship of Theory Business & Venturing, Practice and Jour- nal of Management.