Penang is all heritage and hardware. Geography is destiny, as the strategic location along semiconductor value chains intersect here with the entire island apart from Georgetown, the living Indian Ocean Museum – a large electronics zone. The Indian Ocean Imperium was a contact zone , and is a magnet for new infrastructure investments in the newly reclaimed Andaman island. The chip wars have Penang as a node, where US, Chinese and European capital intersect and manpower from South Asia keep the engines running. The politics is aligned for now between the centre and the state. The Muhibah ethic is apparent, and everyone wins.
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