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unusual facts about Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia



2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia

The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of November 20, 2005 at the Sepang International Circuit.

Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid

Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid (born 25 February 1987, Kuala Kedah, Kedah) is a Malaysian football goalkeeper currently playing for Kedah FA.

Ahmad Hazwan Bakri

He scored two goals to ensure a 3-0 win for Malaysia with K. Gurusamy scoring the other.

Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata

Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata is a species of goby found on reefs or in sea grass beds in the western Pacific from New Caledonia to the Great Barrier Reef and around New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Bandar Abbas

In the year 630 CE, Maharaja Derbar Raja of Gemeron was defeated in battle and escaped to Ceylon, and he was later blown off course by a storm to the remote shores of Kuala Sungai Qilah, Kedah (now Malaysia).

Blue Shaddy

Having lived in the city of Perth for some 14 years and meeting band members, Malaysian born Arun Satgunasingam (drummer and percussionist) and percussionist Sri Lankan born Kanchana Karunaratna, the band has been exposed to new influences which leads to what Blue Shaddy are today.

Damansara

Damansara, Selangor, a subdivision of the Petaling district, state of Selangor, Malaysia

Durianella

The fungus was originally collected in a jungle in Kemaman, Trengganu (Malaysia), on 24 June, 1932, where it was found growing on soil buried in leaves at a river's edge.

Education in Malaysia

Present-day Malaysia introduced Western style school uniforms (pakaian seragam sekolah) in the late 19th century during the British colonial era.

Federal Land Development Authority

In 2006, FELDA had produced its first movie, Bilut, named after the first FELDA settlement ever in Malaysia.

Garnet Bougoure

At the Perak Turf Club racecourse in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, he won the 1954 Sultan Gold Vase, repeating as winner in 1958 when he also won the Perak Derby.

Hat Yai

Hat Yai International Airport is located 9 km from downtown, serving destinations throughout Thailand and connecting the city to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

Institute of International Education

Current REACs are located in the following cities around the world: Lima, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Budapest, Kyiv, Bratislava, Amman, Accra, Johannesburg, Lahore, Delhi, Beijing, Tokyo, and Kuala Lumpur.

Itis

Integrated Transport Information System, a traffic management system in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Jesse Colombo

In October 2013, Jesse issued a warning about Malaysia's economic bubble on his Forbes column, which made news headlines and prompted a response from the country's leaders, including Zeti Akhtar Aziz (the governor of Malaysia’s central bank), Mustapa Mohamed (International Trade and Industry Minister), and Lim Guan Eng (Chief Minister of the State of Penang).

Lahat railway station

The Lahat railway station is a Malaysian train station stationed at the north eastern side of and named after the town of Lahat, Perak.

Lang Tengah Island

Lang Tengah Island is located about 40 km north east of Kuala Terengganu (22.5 km from Tanjung Merang) on the east coast of peninsular Malaysia.

Lyndel Soon

She was asked to fill in the state level position as a favor, due to a fact that a delegate of (Kedah state, Malaysia) had quit 2 weeks before the Miss Malaysia Tourism pageant.

Malay ghost myths

2007's Jangan Pandang Belakang ("Don't Look Back") holds the record as Malaysia's highest-grossing film.

Malaysia Airlines subsidiaries

Operating out of its hub in Penang, Firefly provides exclusive routes daily to Subang, Penang, Kuantan, Kuala Terengganu, Kota Bharu and Langkawi in Malaysia, and 4 times a week to Phuket and Koh Samui in Thailand.

Malaysia–Russia relations

Since Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in 1985, relations between Russia and Malaysia have improved significantly.

Malaysia–Thailand border

Known as the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, the agreement ceded the states of Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu to Great Britain while Pattani remained in Siamese hands.

Malaysian rock

Since the early millennium, Metalcore became popular in Malaysia as well with renowned underground bands such as Forsaken, Amarah, Dewata, Furion Escalada, Dominator (early), Tyrant (screamo), Dead Eyes Glow, Mad Monsters Attack, Restraint and Love Me Butch (post-hardcore) supporting the local scene.

Media of Malaysia

Since conventional media is so tightly controlled by the government, Malaysia has a lively alternative media scene, chracterised by such news portals as Malaysiakini and The Malaysian Insider which take advantage of the government's pledge not to censor the Internet despite its stranglehold on most mass media outlets.

Ming Tatt Cheah

Born and raised in Malaysia, Cheah attended Chung Ling High School and later moved to the US, where he attended Yale University and graduated with an M.S./B.S. degree in four years.

Mohd Syamim Alif Mohd Sobri

Mohd Syamim Alif (Born in 5 August 1993 at Kulim, Kedah), simply known as Syamim Alif, is a Malaysian footballer currently playing for Kedah FA in Malaysia Super League.Syamim Alif is a product of the Bukit Jalil Sports School youth academy.

N. alba

Nepenthes alba, a tropical pitcher plant species endemic to Peninsular Malaysia

Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool

Although mostly inactive, the Pool was officially led by IRNA until mid-1990s and then by Malaysia's Bernama until 2005, when a ministerial conference of Information by the Non-Aligned Movement called on the creation of a Non-Aligned News Network to resurrect the NANAP.

Parkroyal

The hotels include PARKROYAL on Beach Road, Singapore, PARKROYAL on Kitchener Road, PARKROYAL Darling Harbour Sydney, PARKROYAL Parramatta Sydney, PARKROYAL Melbourne Airport Tullamarine, PARKROYAL Kuala Lumpur, PARKROYAL Penang, PARKROYAL Yangon and PARKROYAL Saigon.

People's Action Party–United Malays National Organisation relations

Such issues catalysed the impending secession: On 7 August 1965, Tunku Abdul Rahman announced to the Malaysian Parliament in Kuala Lumpur that the Parliament should vote yes on the resolution to have Singapore to leave the Federation, choosing to "sever all ties with a State Government that showed no measure of loyalty to its Central Government" as opposed to the undesirable method of suppressing the PAP for its actions.

Polyvinylidene fluoride

These PVDF paints have extremely good gloss and color retention, and they are in use on many prominent buildings around the world, e.g. the Petronas Towers in Malaysia and Taipei 101 in Taiwan, as well as on commercial and residential metal roofing.

Puerto Princesa

Puerto Princesa is accessible by direct flights from the major Philippine cities Manila, Cebu, Davao and Iloilo as well as Busuanga and El Nido and the Malaysian city of Kota Kinabalu.

Ramsay Health Care

Paul Ramsay signed a joint venture in March 2013 with Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby to combine Ramsay’s three Indonesian hospitals with Sime’s three in Malaysia, with plans to expand throughout Southeast Asia.

Rentap

He continues to inspire some Iban Dayaks especially those who joined the military initially as trackers like the Malaysia’s most decorated war hero Kanang anak Langkau, Awang anak Raweng and other heroes.

Rhacophorus rhodopus

So the actual situation seems to be that the three taxa refer to two, not three species, with R. htunwini being a junior synonym of R. bipunctatus – possibly a restricted-range endemic of upland forest at the eastern end of the Himalayas, though it might occur south to Malaysia –, and R. namdaphaensis a junior synonym of R. rhodopus, a species that ranges widely from eastern India to the east and south and also occurs in lower-lying regions.

Rusdi Suparman

He was one on the best players in Malaysia during the 2000s alongside Azman Adnan, Ahmad Shahrul Azhar Sofian and Hairuddin Omar.

Ryan Mitchell

At the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Mitchell finished fifth in the 200m breaststroke and then won silver at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, behind fellow Australian Simon Cowley, who won both breaststroke events.

Samsudin Osman

He is also a former student of the renowned English College Johore Bahru and Royal Military College, Sungai Besi.

Sekolah Menengah Sains Seri Puteri

Sekolah Menengah Sains Seri Puteri (SESERI) is an all-girls fully residential school in Malaysia, located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.

Shahlan Ismail

Datuk Shalan Ismail is the Political Secretary of Dato' Seri Najib Razak the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Showdown of Champions

The format of events was an extravaganza of challenge matches at the 12,000 seat Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, November 18, 2008.

Sikhism in Malaysia

Kuldip Singh- Member of the Malaysia national hockey team at the 1968 Olympics

SIMCA

Sugud Islands Marine Conservation Area, a Category II Marine Protected Area in Labuk-Sugud District, Malaysia

SMK Ibrahim

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Ibrahim or Ibrahim Secondary School is a secondary school in the town of Sungai Petani in the northern Malaysian state of Kedah.

Spanish-based creole languages

Chavacano is also spoken in Cavite City and in parts of Ternate, Cavite and Sabah, Malaysia nearest to the Philippines, and even in Brunei and Latin America, because of recent migrations.

Sri Utama School

As of 2006, the Malaysian Government has allowed students from Malaysia to be educated there, thus gaining statuses as both an International and National school.

Sultan Idris Shah II Bridge

Sultan Idris Shah II Bridge or Jambatan Sultan Idris Shah II is a bridge in Perak Tengah district, Perak, Malaysia.

Syarikat Prasarana Negara

Rapid Rail – operates the operational 60 stations along the Ampang Line, Kelana Jaya Line and Monorail Line consists of the LRT and monorail network in Kuala Lumpur under brand name of Rapid KL.

Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail

is without a club.He is also a famous player,he help Terengganu to win Malaysia League in 2001.He is a famous STAR having recently played for Kelantan in 2011 Super League Malaysia.

William San

He has acted in several Singapore-Malaysia co-productions and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 2010 Golden Awards for his role in Lion.Hearts.


see also

2007 Kuala Lumpur rally

2007 HINDRAF rally, a rally held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 25, 2007

2007 Bersih rally, a rally held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 10, 2007

Brent Dancer

In 2009, he and Jonathon Charlesworth made their national team debut during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, against Malaysia.

Cheras

Cheras LRT station, an at-grade rapid transit station situated near and named after the Kuala Lumpur township of Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Matthew Gohdes

In 2009, Gohdes, Jonathon Charlesworth and Brent Dancer made their national team debut during a five game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia against Malaysia.

MRT Line 3

MRT Circle Line, a mass rapid transit line in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Saiful Bukhari Azlan

The meetings were held in a privately owned condominium in Desa Damansara (Damansara Heights), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Suria

Suria FM, a private radio station licensed to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia