One of his first acts as Minister for Education was to introduce greater government control over Malaysia's universities, despite strong opposition from the academic community.

However, Abdullah has been criticized as to his handling of the sudden hikes in the price of petrol and electricity through the restructuring of government subsidies, especially as it is detrimental to Malaysia's position as a traditional exporter.

Malaysia's government has intensified efforts on 6 March to portray opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim as a political turncoat, days ahead of Malaysian general election, 2008 on 8 March that would determine whether he poses a legitimate threat to the ruling coalition.

Malaysia's government and ruling coalition declared defeat in a landslide victory in by-election by Anwar Ibrahim.

On 2 May 2009, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced the government ’ s plan to develop a New Economic Model that will speed Malaysia's transition to a high income country.

Economists attributed the rise of Malaysia's ranking to the efforts of the Malaysian government to improve the country's business environment such as the New Economic Model, the Government Transformation Programme and the Economic Transformation Programme

Rather he says the government would focus on improving Malaysia's economic fundamentals and increasing investment.

Before becoming Malaysia's fifth Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs in 1981-1986, Tun Musa held a number of key government posts, including

In 1982 he purchased Malaysia's McDonald's franchise and in 1985 he bought Sports Toto when the lottery agency was privatised by the government.

The oil crisis of 1973 – 74 made the government even more aware of Malaysia's dependence on foreign oil and foreign capital in general.

The government was determined to develop Malaysia's natural gas as well as its oil Shipping Company ( MISC ), of which it owned 61 %.

Genting was granted the only casino licence after Tunku Abdul Rahman, the prime minister of Malaysia then, visited Genting Highlands and commended Lim's effort to develop a resort contributing to Malaysia's tourism industry without government help.

Faced with growing evidence of the effects of environmental damage at the Malaysia's largest hill resort, Cameron Highlands, the Pahang state government in 2010 ruled out further development of virgin forest at Fraser's Hill.

It became Malaysia's biggest steel manufacturer after winning a license from the government in 1978.

The history of the highway started after the separation of Singapore from Malaysia on 9 August 1965, when the Malaysian government decided to make Port Swettenham ( now Port Klang ) as Malaysia's new national port as a replacement of Singapore.

As a result, the government planned to build a highway connecting Port Klang to Kuala Lumpur by upgrading the former Kuala Lumpur-Klang Highway ( Jalan Kuala Lumpur-Klang ) to a full motorway by replacing the existing at-grade intersections with interchanges, making the Federal Highway as Malaysia's first expressway.

This constituted treason as far as the government was concerned, and they were shut down under Malaysia's repressive sedition laws.

There are also a large graffiti influences in Southeast Asian countries that mostly come from modern Western culture, such as Malaysia, where graffiti has long been a common sight in Malaysia's capital city, Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia's predominant political party, the United Malays National Organization ( UMNO ), has held power in coalition known as the Barisan Nasional ( formerly the Alliance ) with other parties since Malaya's independence in 1957.

As Malaysia's premier IT hub, Cyberjaya has a communication backbone running primarily on fibre optics known as Cyberjaya Metro Fibre Network ( CMFN ).

Along with its predecessor, it has been Malaysia's federal ruling political force since independence.

Celcom claims its dual-band GSM ( 900 / 1800 MHz ) coverage has reached over 99 % of Malaysia's populated area in 2006, and 100 % through satellite coverage.

Mahathir has always been an outspoken critic of the United States and yet the United States was the biggest source of foreign investment, and was Malaysia's biggest customer during Mahathir's rule.

In spite of all this, Malaysia's relationship with the US has been strong.

Ipoh has Malaysia's first velodrome, Velodrom Rakyat ( The People's Velodrome ), costing RM 3. 25 million ; funds were raised in a country-wide donation drive ( led by Tan Sri Darshan Singh Gill ).

Since 1996 has been an advisor to the Malaysia Multimedia Super Corridor and to Malaysia's Prime Minister.

The United Malays National Organisation ,( abbreviated as UMNO ) ( Malay: Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu ; Jawi: ڤرتوبوهن كبڠسأن ملايو برساتو ) is Malaysia's largest political party ; a founding member of the National Front coalition, which has played a dominant role in Malaysian politics since independence.

It became the Malaysian weekly newspaper pullout dedicated to publishing travel and travel-related news and features and has remained till this day Malaysia's only weekly travel newspaper pullout dedicated to tourism.

Greece has for years experienced a mass exodus of " educational immigrants " to other countries ' Higher Education institutions, where they move to study ; this creates a chronic problem for Greece, in terms of loss of capital as well as human resources, since many of those students opt to seek employment in the countries they studied, after getting their degrees ( it is characteristic Greece is by far the leading country in the world in terms of students abroad as a percentage of the general population, with 5250 students per million, compared to second Malaysia's 1780 students per million inhabitants ).

It has made trains for railways in the UK and overseas, including the Mass Transit Railway of Hong Kong, Kowloon-Canton Railway ( now East Rail Line ), the Channel Tunnel and locomotives for Malaysia's Keretapi Tanah Melayu.

On the occasion of Tunku Abdul Rahman ( Malaysia's first prime minister )' s 80th birthday, he stated in the 9 February 1983 edition of the newspaper The Star that the " country has a multi-racial population with various beliefs.

Malaysia's top Islamic body, the National Fatwa Council has ruled against Muslims practicing yoga, saying it had elements of other religions that could corrupt Muslims.

Between 1990 and 1991, he was Malaysia's Special Envoy to the United Nations, and since 1995 he has been the Prime Minister's Special Envoy to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group ( CMAG ).

Hang Tuah is a prominent legendary figure in Malaysia's popular culture and his story has been adapted into several movies.

He is one of Malaysia's most prominent lawyers, and has taken up numerous high-profile cases, including drug trafficking charges against foreign nationals, and sodomy accusations against former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.

He has been suspended from parliament numerous times, charged for sedition, and has been detained under Malaysia's internal security laws.

Singapore has rejected Malaysia's proposal to replace the causeway with a bridge, and Malaysia has since proposed the idea of what became known as " the crooked half-bridge ", descending halfway to link up with the low-level causeway.

Most of their efforts were centered around crippling Malaysia's economy and involved sabotage against trains, rubber trees, water pipes, and electric lines.

The head of the judiciary and 5 members of the supreme court who had questioned his use of the ISA were also arrested, and a clampdown on Malaysia's press occurred.

* 1981 – Mahathir Mohamad becomes Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister ; his 22 years in office, ending with retirement on 31 October 2003, made him Asia's longest-serving political leader.

Malaysia's legal system is based on English Common Law, alongside a Sharia court system for Malaysian Muslims.

Malaysia's foreign policy is officially based on the principle of neutrality and maintaining peaceful relations with all countries, regardless of their ideology or political system, and to further develop relations with other countries in the region.

Many of Malaysia's squatters live on land owned by Keretapi Tanah Melayu as well as at construction sites.

Produced by NSK Productions ( Malaysia ), the series was shot in 2009 and currently airs on Malaysia's local cable channel, ASTRO Citra 131.

Royal Jordanian recommenced operations to Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur on June 2, 2010 after it had suspended this route in 2004.

Its Cyberjaya campus opened in Malaysia's first intelligent city of Cyberjaya, on 8 July 1999.

Joy's request to change the religion listed on her MyKad was denied by Malaysia's Supreme Court in 2007.

The building was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Malaysia's Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad on 1 August 1999.

From 1983 the manufacturer's badge on the front of the car was a mid-blue shield with a yellow crescent below a yellow fourteen-pointed star-references to Malaysia's coat of arms.

An article in Malaysia Today commented that " Gore's comments constituted a none-too-subtle attack on Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and more generally on governments, including Japan, that resist US demands for further market reforms.

Abdullah Badawi also focused on Malaysia's internal security after the increase in corrupt practices, such as bribery, in the Law enforcement in Malaysia.

As late as the 1920s Javanese batik makers introduced the use of wax and copper blocks on Malaysia's east coast.

Kuala Lumpur Tower was officially groundbreaking by the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia's Tun Doktor Mahathir Bin Mohamad on 1 October 1991 and was a 3-phase process.

Menara Kuala Lumpur was officially launched of bradcasting by the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia's Tun Doktor Mahathir Bin Mohamad on 1 September 1994 as performed the ' topping-up ceremony ' where the antenna mast was installed, thus marking the final height of the tower, 421-metres above the ground.

Menara Kuala Lumpur was officially innaugurated by the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia's Tun Doktor Mahathir Bin Mohamad on 1 October 1996 at 20: 30 MST.

The structure was originally intended for broadcasting television, but radio antennas it was officially launched of bradcasting by the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia's Tun Doktor Mahathir Bin Mohamad on 1 September 1994 because it could accommodate them.