* 1923 – The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia.

* 1965 – Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the first and only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.

* 1967 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

In Indonesia and Malaysia, leaf amaranth is called bayam, while the Tagalogs in the Philippines call the plant kilitis or " kulitis ".

Malaysia maintains a number of investments in Bosnia-Herzegovina, one of the most significant is the Bosmal Group.

Brunei is in Southeastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia.

Like Brunei, Malaysia is a full member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

The island is divided among three countries: Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Borneo's highest point is Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia, with an elevation of above sea level.

Before the formation of Malaysian Federation, the Philippines claimed that the Malaysian state of Sabah in north Borneo is within their territorial rights based on historical facts of the Sultanate of Sulu's leasing agreement with the North Borneo Company, is presently an unresolved claim against Malaysia.

Particularly common law is in England where it originated in the Middle Ages, and in countries that trace their legal heritage to England as former colonies of the British Empire, including India, the United States, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Canada, Malaysia, Ghana, Australia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ireland, New Zealand, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Cyprus, Barbados,

The common law constitutes the basis of the legal systems of: England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, federal law in the United States and the law of individual U. S. states ( except Louisiana ), federal law throughout Canada and the law of the individual provinces and territories ( except Quebec ), Australia ( both federal and individual states ), Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Pakistan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Granadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and many other generally English-speaking countries or Commonwealth countries ( except Scotland, which is bijuridicial, and Malta ).

Another compounding issue were the varying accents of the four lead actors: Chow Yun Fat is from Hong Kong and spoke Cantonese natively and Michelle Yeoh is from Malaysia and spoke English.

Vegetarian cuisine is known as zhāicài ("( Buddhist ) vegetarian food ") in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan ; đồ chay in Vietnam ; in Japan ; sachal eumsik (" temple food ") in Korea and by other names in many countries.

In Indonesia and Malaysia, it is known as Buruj Pari ( the constellation of the Stingray ).

In a few countries, such as Cyprus and Malaysia, it does not have official status, but is widely used as a lingua franca.

The census in Malaysia is carried out every 10 years, like many nations, since 1960 ( with the exception of the fourth census, which was carried out in 1991 ).

In addition to those four countries, floorball is gaining popularity in countries such as Latvia, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and the United States.

In Malaysia, fellatio is still illegal, but the law is seldom enforced.

It is the term in common use in the United Kingdom and countries of the Commonwealth, including Australia, South Africa, Nigeria, India and Malaysia, as well as many other countries in the Old World.

* A telephone hex key is # in Singapore and Malaysia

Hakka cuisine, or Kejia cuisine, is the cooking style of the Hakka people, who originated in the southeastern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Fujian, but may also be found in other parts of China and in countries with significant overseas Chinese communities .< ref > Linda Lau Anusasananan, < i > The Hakka Cookbook: Chinese Soul Food from Around the World </ i > ( University of California Press, 2012 )</ ref > There are numerous restaurants in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore serving Hakka cuisine.

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.

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.

She said Ms Rosmah had been selected " through a process which engages several committees within the university " and was being recognised for founding and driving the Permata early childhood centres in Malaysia, which " enable children below the age of five to experience quality early learning ".

A " new university ", the UEL's history of founding institutions exemplify the developments that took place in British further and higher education policy throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Women's Institute Of Management Malaysia.

The founding of Scouts movements in the states of Malaysia were, by date and founder

* Uma Sambanthan-social activist and wife of V. T. Sambanthan, one of the founding fathers of modern day Malaysia

Of former FIFTA members and candidate countries, among the founding members were France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Catalonia, Argentina, Australia and Costa Rica, joined by Poland, Denmark, Malaysia, Basque Country, South Africa, US, England and in 2011 by Ukraine and Austria.

Besides being recognized as one of the founding fathers of modern day Malaysia, along with Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Abdul Razak and Tun V. T.

Thailand, Burma ( now Myanmar ), Malaya ( now Malaysia ), Laos, South Vietnam and Cambodia ( with Singapore included thereafter ) were the founding members.

The faculty is one of three founding faculties that made up the formation of Universiti Pertanian Malaysia ( now Universiti Putra Malaysia ) in 1971.

The founding Director of the National Museum of Malaysia was the late Tuan Hj Mobin Shephard Abdullah.

He was also the founding president of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, a member of the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional.

The establishment of the Chinese University in Hong Kong, the Overseas Chinese Chongsheng University in Thailand and the Southern College in Johore, Malaysia, may also have been inspired by the ideals underlying the founding of Nanyang University.

* Loke Yew was regarded as the richest man in Malaysia during his time and played a significant role in the growth of Kuala Lumpur, and was also one of the founding fathers of Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur.

The first was the founding of the Melaka Sultanate at the beginning of the 15th century ; second was the spread of Islam in the indigenous culture ; and finally, and perhaps the most significant in modern Malaysia, was British colonial rule which brought with it constitutional government and the common law system.

It was signed in Bangkok on August 8, 1967 by the five ASEAN founding members-Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand as a display of solidarity against Communist expansion in Vietnam and communist insurgency within their own borders ( nowadays the ASEAN is also home to communist Southeast Asian states after they joined the organization ).

At this point, the CIA was aware of Mihdhar, and he was photographed in Malaysia with another al-Qaeda member who was involved in the USS Cole bombing.

In Malaysia, the group stayed with Yazid Sufaat, a local Jemaah Islamiyah member, who provided accommodation at Hambali's request.

In addition to the UMNO and other member parties of the Barisan Nasional, three main opposition parties ( and several smaller parties ) compete in national and state-level elections in Malaysia.

Malaysia is an active member of various international organisations, including the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Nations, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and the Non-Aligned Movement.

Malaysia has been a member of the Commonwealth since independence in 1957, when it entered into the Anglo-Malayan Defence Agreement ( AMDA ) with the United Kingdom whereby Britain guaranteed the defence of Malaya ( and later Malaysia ).

Malaysia is also a member of G-15 and G-77 economic groupings.

In Malaysia, the group stayed with Yazid Sufaat, a local member of Jemaah Islamiyah, who provided accommodations at request of Hambali.

A present-day example can be found in the Dewan Negara ( Senate ) of Malaysia, which has a standing order prohibiting any member from proposing the repeal of those articles of the Malaysian Constitution that reserve certain privileges for Bumiputra ( ethnic Malay ) citizens.

* December 1977: A suspected lone member of the army hijacked Malaysia Airlines Flight 653.

** Datuk Seri Lau Pak Khuan 劉伯群 / 刘伯群 ( 1894-1971 ; Zengcheng, Guangdong ; born in China ; Hakka pronunciation: Liew Pak Khiun ), Founding member of Malaysian Chinese Association ; First Chinese to be conferred the " Datuk Seri " title by a Malaysian Sultan ; Led the unsuccessful bid for Chinese equal citizenship rights and official language status during drafting of Malaysia Constitution

As a member, he attended meetings held in Germany, Switzerland, Mali, United States, Malaysia, France, Austria, Belgium, and Great Britain.

It is a core member of Proton Holdings Berhad, the holding company which is listed on Bursa Malaysia.

The Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountants became an associate member in 1975 ( later joined by the Institut Akauntan Malaysia, the Malaysian Institute of Accountants ), and was a member of the board from 1995-2000.

Amrozis ' elder brother Muklas was a respected member of a pesantren in Malaysia.

* Idris Haron, member of the Parliament of Malaysia.

From June 1956 to 1957 he served as a member of the Reid Commission, which was responsible for drafting the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya ( now Malaysia ).

In July 2010 he was appointed by the Secretary General of the Commonwealth as a member of the Eminent Persons Group, chaired by a former Prime Minister of Malaysia, which has been requested to report to the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on recommendations for the future revitalisation of the Commonwealth.

In 2012, Senator Nick Xenophon, an independent member of the Australian Parliament, was on a fact-finding mission to Malaysia when he was caught up in anti-government protests in Kuala Lumpur.

According to the constitution, the Prime Minister must be a member of the House of Representatives and command the confidence of the majority members of Dewan Rakyat ; citizen of Malaysia but not by naturalization.