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16 unusual facts about Malaysia


2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis

The 2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis took place in Muar, Johor, Malaysia on 7 July 2011.

Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq

Furthermore, many families in Hadhramaut, India, the Hejaz, Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar and the rest of the world are descendants of Imam Alawi ibn Ubaidullah.

Beaufort Bridge

The Beaufort Bridge is a landmark bridge across Padas River in Beaufort town in Interior Division, Sabah, Malaysia.

Chief Minister

In Malaysia, it is used to refer to the heads of government, called in their Malay language term Ketua Menteri (literally Chief Minister), of the Malaysian states without a sultan, i.e., Malacca, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak, while the Malay language term Menteri Besar (literally Great Minister) is used in other states with a monarch.

Chio Min

Chio Min is the name of a group of schools in Malaysia.

Driving in Singapore

In Singapore, cars and other vehicles drive on the left side of the road, as in neighbouring Malaysia.

Francis S.P. Ng

Francis S.P. Ng (born 1940) is a Malaysian botanist.

Gorgeous Geeks

The Gorgeous Geeks was subsequently launched in Jan 2008 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed on 17 December 1994 by the representatives of the participating countries; Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Brigadier-General (NS) Lee Hsien Loong, Malaysia' s International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz and Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Trade and Industry Hartono.

Kasturi-class frigate

Both ships are presently serving with 22 Corvette Squadron and homeported at TLDM Lumut.

Klang Royal Town Mosque

Klang Royal Town Mosque or Masjid Bandar Diraja Mosque is a mosque in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.

Malaysia's Post General Election Rally 2013

Anwar Ibrahim and other Democratic Action Party DAP leaders present in the rally, raised issues such as phantom voters, black outs and the usage of indelible ink by the Malaysian Election Commission.

Padang Besar

Padang Besar, Malaysia the Malaysian side of the Malaysia-Thailand border

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Negeri Sembilan

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tuanku Abdul Rahman or known as SMKTAR is a secondary school located in a small town, Gemas in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

The 'swimming events of the 1998 Commonwealth Games' were held at the National Aquatics Centre at the National Sports Complex, Malaysia from 12–17 September 1998.

The Making of Malaysia

The Making of Malaysia: Britain, the 'Grand Design', Decolonisation and Malaysia is a 2005 book by Professor Anthony John Stockwell which examines the British end of empire policy relating to the decolonization of North Borneo, Sarawak, Brunei and Singapore on the way to the formation of the new federation of Malaysia during the 1960s.


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.

Altobridge

The first Altobridge lite-site was commissioned on the Maxis network in Sarawak, Malaysia in 2007.

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.

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.

Bring your own device

According to research by Logicalis, high-growth markets (including Brazil, Russia, India, UAE, and Malaysia) demonstrate a much higher propensity to use their own device at work.

Carrier Air Wing Two

Port calls during the past three deployments have included stops in Sydney and Perth, Western Australia, Manama (Bahrain), Jebel Ali (United Arab Emirates), Singapore, Kelang (Malaysia), Hong Kong (China), Pusan (Korea), Yokosuka (Japan), and Hawaii.

Curry puff

In Singapore, Old Chang Kee has been selling curry puffs for over 70 years and now has outlets all over Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Damansara

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

Education in Malaysia

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

Exinda

In October 2007, the company announced a $1.1 million contract with the government of Malaysia.

Flexlink

Headquartered in Göteborg, Sweden, FlexLink has manufacturing, production and engineering facilities in Allentown (USA), Plewiska (Poland) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

Gaza journey of MV Rachel Corrie

The Malaysian members were: Member of the Parliament of Malaysia, for the Parit constituency, Mohd Nizar Zakaria; Perdana Global Peace Organisation representatives, Shamsul Akmar, Matthias Chang and Ahmad Faizal Azumu; TV3 reporter Halim Mohamed and TV3 cameraman Jufri Junid.

Hin Hua High School

The Unified Examination for Chinese Independent Secondary Schools in Malaysia (UEC) certificate has gained the recognition of more than 400 universities worldwide.

Itis

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

Jeli

The member of Parliament for Jeli is Dato' Mustapa Mohamed, from Barisan Nasional party, the current International Trade & Industry Minister of 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).

Karak, Pahang

With its location at the foothills of Malaysia’s main mountain range, the Titiwangsa Mountain Range, this town is an important water catchment area not just for Pahang but for the Klang Valley as well.

KLIA East @ Labu

Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia, the investment arm of the national government, has opposed the Sime Darby and AirAsia plans.

Kwan Swee Lian

The seventh child of the family, Kwan was born 1933 in Kluang, Johor, Malaysia.

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.

Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kota Bharu

Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kota Bharu or MRSM Kota Bharu is one of the pioneer junior science colleges set up by Majlis Amanah Rakyat or MARA in Malaysia.

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 Forever

Malaysia Forever is a folk song written by Bobby Gimby in the early 1960s.

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.

Malaysian University English Test

MUET is a prerequisite in applying for admissions into all public universities and colleges in Malaysia as well as National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University.

Mazlan Othman

Her interest in public education was rewarded in 1990 when Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad, a strong supporter of education and science, placed her in charge of the Planetarium Division of the Prime Minister's Department, overseeing development of Planetarium Negara, Malaysia's national planetarium in Kuala Lumpur.

Mimpi

Sixteen years after the release of "Mimpi" and "Bayang Bayang Ilusi", Anggun re-released the songs along with "Takut" on her Best Of album in 2006 under label Sony BMG in Indonesia and Malaysia.

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.

Misc

MISC Berhad, Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad

Mohd Khairul Izuan Rosli

Khairul Izuan Rosli (born 9 March 1991) is a Malaysian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kelantan in the Malaysia Super League.

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.

Otak

Otak-otak, a fish cake eaten throughout Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia

Petaling Street

Although not shot on site, Malaysia's first period kungfu comedy, Petaling Street Warriors, is set against the backdrop of Petaling Street in the year 1908.

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.

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.

Sekolah Menengah Sains Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra

Sekolah Menengah Sains Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra or SMSTMFP is a premier government-funded secondary boarding school (Sekolah Berasrama Penuh) in Pengkalan Chepa, Kota Bharu in the state of Kelantan, Malaysia.

Shahlan Ismail

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

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.

SMK Taman Connaught

SMK Taman Connaught (Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Connaught) is a Malaysian national secondary school in Jalan Ahliman, Taman Connaught, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Standish brothers

He worked as the president of Bangkok Adventist Mission Hospital in Thailand, where he rescued the hospital from imminent closure, and as president of Penang Adventist Hospital in Malaysia.

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.

Tawi-Tawi

A sea connection to other parts of the Filipino archipelago as well as an international route to Semporna, Malaysia also available from Bongao.

Ursula Hall

Residents of Ursula Hall welcomes undergraduate and postgraduate students of all nationalities, religions and cultures—residents are from dozens of countries, including Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States.

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.