The empire, which grew out of the former kingdom of Chenla, at times ruled over and / or vassalized parts of modern-day Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, and Malaysia.

When the cellular phone market was opened up in 1995, Celcom upgraded to the GSM900 service and quickly grew to become the largest mobile phone company in Malaysia.

He was born in Surabaya, Indonesia, and grew up in Ipoh, Malaysia.

Under his stewardship, the YTL Group grew from a single listed entity in 1985 to a force comprising five listed companies, and is now one of the biggest conglomerates in Malaysia.

The Institute's popularity grew until there were 8500 students at the site, including about 1000 ethnic Chinese as well as students from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia.

* Digital terrestrial television project by Radio Televisyen Malaysia is described as a " white elephant " because it has been delayed and recently deferred because technology rapidly evolved over time.

Selangor has the largest city in Malaysia and it is growing rapidly due to modernization in the Klang Valley.

Skudai ( also spelled Sekudai ) is a rapidly expanding suburb of Johor Bahru, the largest city in and the capital of the state of Johor in southern Malaysia.

During the 1950s and 1960s the Bahá ' í Faith spread rapidly in Vietnam, and the nearby countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

In June 2011, the Health Minister of Malaysia, Liow Tiong Lai, instructed companies selling " Strawberry Syrup ", a material used in some bubble teas, to stop selling them after chemical tests showed they were tainted with a carcinogen identified as DEHP.

The second and last incumbent of the office, Yusof bin Ishak, kept the style at the 31 August 1963 unilateral declaration of independence and after the 16 September 1963 accession to Malaysia as a state ( so now as a constitutive part of the federation, a non-sovereign level ).

However, it was the British, who after initially establishing bases at Jesselton, Kuching, Penang and Singapore, ultimately secured their hegemony across the territory that is now Malaysia.

Mihdhar arrived in California with fellow hijacker Nawaf al-Hazmi in January 2000, after traveling to Malaysia for the Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit.

Singapore was a part of Malaysia for two years ( 1963-65 ), but it ultimately was asked by Tunku to secede after increased racial tensions due to the election campaigns in 1964.

It separated from Malaysia in 1965 after the federal Malaysian government insisted on giving special privileges to the Malays as part of their " birthright " as an " indigenous " people ( the majority, 76 %, of the island's population are Chinese ).

In Malaysia, the Socialist Party of Malaysia got its first Member of Parliament, Dr. Jeyakumar Devaraj, after the 2008 general election.

Singapore left the Commonwealth in 1963 to join the Federation of Malaysia, but was expelled from the Federation in 1965 after Lee Kuan Yew disagreed with the federal government in Kuala Lumpur.

* 9 August 1965-The Malaysian Parliament votes to expel Singapore from the Federation ; Singapore becomes independent after separating from Malaysia.

* The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are evacuated after a false bomb threat.

The film was not released in Malaysia after Spielberg refused to cut the violent scenes ; however, the film was finally released there on DVD with an 18SG certificate much later in 2005.

In Southeast Asia, the Kingdom ranks midway in terms of its per capita GDP, after Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia.

Places like Guwahati ( গ ু ৱ া হট ী) in Assam ( অসম ), Penang in Malaysia, Ko Mak ( เกาะหมาก ) in Thailand and Fua Mulaku in Maldives have been named after the areca nut.

Local government is the lowest level in the system of government in Malaysia — after federal and state.

Following Singapore's sudden and unexpected independence after being unilaterally ejected from Malaysia, Singapore appealed to the international community for technical assistance and military aid.

Pahang is the third largest state in Malaysia, after Sarawak and Sabah, occupying the huge Pahang River river basin.

Unlike the Al-Mau ' nah group, Jemaah Islamiah kept a low profile in Malaysia and their existence was publicized only after the 2002 Bali bombings.

Shah Alam was the first planned city in Malaysia after independence from Britain in 1957.

Indonesian underwent spelling reforms in 1947 and 1972, after which its spelling was more consistent with the form of the language spoken in Malaysia ( i. e. Malay ).

Unofficially, however, NST English ( named after the New Straits Times, the oldest English language daily in Malaysia ) is often used as the reference point for Malaysian English.

However, due to the defeat in Penang of the Barisan Nasional coalition after the 2008 General Election, the proposed development project was called-off after the mid-term review of the Ninth Malaysia Plan which was tabled in Parliament on June 26, 2008.

* 1957 – The Federation of Malaya ( now Malaysia ) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

Pakistanis initially hesitated to recognise the country since its close ties with Malaysia what they considered as part of Malaya.

The empire reached its greatest extent under the rule of Fan Shih-man in the early 3rd century, extending as far south as Malaysia and as far west as Burma.

In its 1937 invasion of China, Japan employed some 50, 000 bicycle troops, and similar forces were instrumental in Japan's march or " roll " through Malaysia in World War II.

After expulsion from Malaysia on 9 August 1965, Singapore became a sovereign Commonwealth republic and installed Yusof bin Ishak as its first President.

Malaysia is a country in South East Asia whose strategic sea-lane position brought trade and foreign influences that fundamentally influenced its history.

It leaves unanswered, however, the question of when and how Malaysia will acquire a first world political system ( a multi-party democracy, a free press, an independent judiciary and the restoration of civil and political liberties ) to go with its new economic maturity.

It was precipitated by allegations of corruption and discrepancies in the Malaysian election system that heavily favor the ruling political party, Barisan Nasional, which has been in power since Malaysia achieved its independence in 1957.

A cornerstone of Indonesia's contemporary foreign policy is its participation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ), of which it was a founding member in 1967 with Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.

Indonesia claimed all territories of the former Dutch East Indies, and previously viewed British plans to group the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States, the Unfederated Malay States, Sarawak and British North Borneo into a new independent federation of Malaysia as a threat to its objective to create a united state called Greater Indonesia.

* In 2000 ICI sold its diisocyanate, advanced materials, and specialty chemicals businesses at Teesside and worldwide ( including plants at Rosenberg, Holland, in South Africa, Malaysia, and Taiwan ), and Tioxide, its titanium dioxide subsidiary, to Huntsman Corporation for £ 1. 7 billion.

Together with its subsidiaries and associates, Jardine Cycle & Carriage employs some 137, 000 people across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam.

Malaysia abolished its jury system from 1 January 1995, citing inter alia the danger of jurors untrained in the legal profession delivering verdicts coloured by emotions or popular perception.

The commercial tree is most heavily cultivated in the rainforests of Asia, notably in Java ( hence its nicknames ), Philippines, Malaysia, Hainan Island in China as well as in South America.

The opposition Barisan Alternatif coalition, led by the Islamic Party of Malaysia ( PAS ), increased its seats to 42.

Although Malaysia is a federal state, political scientists have suggested that its " federalism is highly centralised ":

Malaysia and Thailand has a wedge shaped area 150 km from Kota Bharu, Kelantan and 260 km from the shores of Songkhla, Thailand which is jointly developed by Petronas and its Thailand counterpart.

In an effort to create a self-reliant defensive ability and support national development Malaysia privatised some of its military facilities in the 1970s.

The British defence guarantee ended following Britain's decision in 1967 to withdraw its forces east of Suez, and was replaced in 1971 with the Five Power Defence Arrangements ( FPDA ) by which Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore agreed to co-operate in the area of defence, and to " consult " in the event of external aggression or the threat of attack on Malaysia or Singapore.

Nonetheless, Malaysia was active in the opposition to apartheid that saw South Africa quit the Commonwealth in 1961, and was a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) in 1967 and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference ( OIC ) in 1969, with the Tunku as its first Secretary-General in 1971.

Under Prime Ministers Tun Abdul Razak and Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia shifted its policy towards non-alignment and neutrality.

Malaysia views regional cooperation as the cornerstone of its foreign policy.

Malaysia is affiliated with the United Nations and many of its specialized agencies, including UNESCO, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, International Atomic Energy Agency ; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.