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Penang Economic Monthly is now overhauled in response to the growing insight among Penangites and Penang lovers that the downward trend in the state’s fortunes cannot be successfully reversed unless they themselves get seriously involved. The goal is to inspire readers to take positive steps towards attaining a "Penang Renaissance".

Penang Economic Monthly will do the following:

1. Offer reliable socio-economic data for the benefit of decision makers in government and in the private sector
2. Supply Penangites with knowledge that will promote public participation
3. Encourage discussion about various aspects of Penang’s fate and fortune
4. Provide information about Penang personalities who have contributed, sometimes in very unassuming but critical ways, to the reputation and well-being of the state
5. Place the spotlight on ordinary Penangites who are otherwise unnoticed and ignored, but who nevertheless define the culture of the state in essential ways
6. Highlight the importance of the state as a generator of culture, education, industry and cosmoarpolitanism
7. Emphasize prominent trends in the arts, in industry, in politics and economics which hold consequences for the immediate future of the state and the country.
8. Discover and display Penang's multifaceted history.

Publisher: Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (Seri)
ISBN: 2180-1045

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For August 2010   Issue 8.10

 In this issue...

Cover story: Penang's place in the 10MP
The 10th Malaysia Plan is out. PEM Economics Editor Chan Huan Chiang takes a close look at the plan, and what it means for Penang's future.

Editorial: Good to see credit go to the deserving

Building the Penang Bridge
Engineer Liaw Yew Peng has lived a long and storied life, culminating in the Penang Bridge, his most iconic project.

Curitiba - an ideal city of buses
George Town can learn a lot from Curitiba's public transportation system.

Information in restricted public space
With the flow of information restricted by strict press laws and media conglomerations, creative alternatives need to be developed.