Wallace was a prolific author who wrote on both scientific and social issues ; his account of his adventures and observations during his explorations in Indonesia and Malaysia, The Malay Archipelago, was one of the most popular and influential journals of scientific exploration published during the 19th century.

213 kg of amphetamine worth 40 million AED ( Nearly $ 11 million ) was seized by the United Arab Emirate Drug combat authorities on 30 November 2011 from an Iranian ship that was supposed to deliver the consignment in Malaysia and made a port stop in Sharjah.

In South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia, BCG was given at birth and again at age 12.

But in Malaysia and Singapore, from 2001, this policy was changed to once only at birth, and it was discontinued in South Korea.

This was seen as an alternative to joining the Federation of Malaysia, which was seen as an unnatural and unfavorable union by some.

Borneo was the main site of the confrontation between Indonesia and Malaysia between 1962 and about 1969, as well as the communist revolts to gain control of the whole area.

The manufacturer also hoped to increase exports ( Unilever UK & Ireland Export ) to Asian countries such as Malaysia, a primarily Muslim country where the government was becoming restrictive regarding non-halal meat.

States often said to exhibit crony capitalism include the People's Republic of China ; India, especially up to the early 1990s when manufacturing was strictly controlled by the government ( the " Licence Raj "); Indonesia ; Argentina ; Brazil ; United Kingdom ; Malaysia ; Israel ; Russia ; the United States ; Tasmania ; and most other ex-Eastern Bloc states.

The previous record, 13, 200 cubic metres poured in 54 hours despite a severe tropical storm requiring the site to be covered with tarpaulins to allow work to continue, was achieved in 1992 by joint Japanese and South Korean consortiums Hazama Corporation and the Samsung C & T Corporation for the construction of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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 ).

Among the rare states profitable at decolonization was India, to which scholars credibly argue that Uganda, Malaysia and Angola may be included.

Although Muslims had passed through Malaysia as early as the 10th century, it was not until the 14th and 15th centuries that Islam first established itself on the Malay Peninsula.

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.

It was found in Seberang Perai, Malaysia and is kept in the National Museum, Calcutta, India.

It was closely tied to Funan in Cambodia, which also ruled part of northern Malaysia until the 6th century.

The Islam in Malaysia was influenced by previous religions and was originally not orthodox.

The port of Malacca on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula was founded in 1402 by Parameswara, a Srivijaya prince fleeing Temasek ( now Singapore ), Malaysia formally came into being on 16 September 1963, consisting of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore.

In 1963 the total population of Malaysia was about 10 million.

Like other developing nations in the 1950s and ' 60s, Malaya ( and later Malaysia ) placed great stress on state planning, although UMNO was never a socialist party.

This was a dangerous combination, and led to the formation of a new party, the Malaysian People ’ s Movement ( Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia ) in 1968.

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

On 31 August 1963, the British territories in North Borneo and Singapore were granted independence and formed Malaysia with the Peninsular states on 16 September 1963.

* 1963 – Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo ( Sabah ) and Sarawak.

** Malaysia is formed through the merging of the Federation of Malaya and the British crown colony of Singapore, North Borneo ( renamed Sabah ) and Sarawak.

* April 6 – The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia.

ASEAN ( ), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a geo-political and economic organization of 10 countries located in Southeast Asia, which was formed on August 8, 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand as a display of solidarity against communist expansion in Vietnam and insurgency within their own borders.

Barisan Nasional ( Malay ; historically National Front ; commonly abbreviated as BN ) is a major political coalition in Malaysia, formed in 1973 as the successor to the Alliance ( Perikatan ).

In 1965, Suharto was assigned operational command of Sukarno's Konfrontasi, against the newly formed Malaysia.

Ming Pao now is published by Ming Pao Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Media Chinese International Limited, which was formed by the successful merger of Ming Pao Enterprise Corporation Limited ( Hong Kong ), Sin Chew Media Corporations Berhad ( Malaysia ) and Nanyang Press Holdings Berhad ( Malaysia ) in April 2008.

When North Borneo together with Sarawak, Singapore & Federation of Malaya formed the Federation of Malaysia in 1963, the state became known as Sabah and Jesselton remained its capital.

In 1968, the newly formed Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia or Gerakan, led by Lim Chong Eu, joined DAP.

In 1972, The then-owner, the Straits Times Press ( Malaysia ) Berhad formed the News Straits Times Press ( Malaysia ) Sdn.

The People's Justice Party (,, often known simply as KeADILan or PKR ) is a centrist political party in Malaysia formed in 2003 by a merger of the National Justice Party and the older Malaysian People's Party.

This group eventually formed the core that founded the Socialist Party of Malaysia.

The Heavy Industries Corporation of Malaysia ( HICOM ), for example, was formed in order to assist in the manufacture of pig-iron, aluminium die casting, pulp and paper, steel, cement, motorcycle and heavy engineering.

* 1984 Casco formed subsidiary in Singapore, which later opens offices in Malaysia ( 1989 ), Thailand ( 1990 ), Indonesia ( 1991 ), the Philippines ( 1991 ), the People's Republic of China ( 1993 ), Hong Kong ( 1994 ), and Vietnam ( 1994 ).

In fact, the eastern Sumatra and Malaysia rhinos show so little genetic variance that the populations were likely not separate during the Pleistocene, when sea levels were much lower and Sumatra formed part of the mainland.

* In each of the Malay states, State Enactments, and in Malacca and Penang, resolutions of the State Legislatures, approving and giving force of law to the federal constitution .</ ref > This constitution of the Federation of Malaya formed the basis of the new constitution of Malaysia when Malaysia formed in 1963.

The council was formed in New Delhi, India, on 19 September 1983, with the original members being Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, and Sri Lanka.

The Malaysian Army ( MA ) formed the CBRN unit, known as Peperangan Nuklear, Biologi dan Kimia 3 Divisyen (; PNBK 3D ) in 1 April 2002 to deal with all the biohazardous threats in Malaysia, including nuclear weapons and weapon of mass destructions ( WMD ).

* 1993 – Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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.

TDC existed from 1972 to 1992, when it became the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board ( MTPB ), through the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board Act, 1992.

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 ).

As a result, a passport is required for foreigners when traveling from Peninsular Malaysia to East Malaysia, as well as traveling between Sabah and Sarawak.

Previously, Malaysian citizens from Peninsular Malaysia were required to present a Malaysian passport when travelling to East Malaysia from Peninsular Malaysia, but this is no longer required for social / business visits up to 3 months as long as they do not land in a third country.

An example of this is the outbreak of Nipah virus in peninsular Malaysia in 1999, when intensive pig farming intruded into the natural habitat of fruit bats carrying the virus.

* July 31 – Thirty-two people are killed and 1, 674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Malaysia.

Sabah and Sarawak retained a higher degree of local government and legislative autonomy when compared to other states in West Malaysia.

For example, both states have separate immigration controls, requiring Malaysian citizens from West Malaysia to carry passports or identity cards when visiting East Malaysia.

Malacca is the first city in Southeast Asia to be taken by a Western nation, gaining home rule only in 1957 when it becomes part of Malaysia.

Tahil ( in Singaporean English ) is used in Malay and English today when referring to the weight in Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei where it is still used in some contexts especially related to the significant Overseas Chinese population.

Both Sunnī and Shī ´ a Islamic parties suffered a setback in March 2006 when twenty municipal councillors, most of whom represented religious parties, went missing in Bangkok on an unscheduled stop over when returning from a conference in Malaysia.

The Visayans were thought to have kept close diplomatic relations with Malaysia and Indonesian kingdoms since the tribal groups of Cebu were able to converse with Enrique of Malacca using the Malay language when the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived in 1521.

According to Church lore, " Bob " travelled to Malaysia and founded a secret enclave there, called Dobbstown, where he often stays when he is not travelling.

: Australia, Botswana, British West Indies, Brunei, Canada ( English-speaking ), Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea ( both North and South ), Lebanon, Luxembourg ( uses both marks officially ), Macau ( in Chinese and English text ), Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland ( when the amount is in Swiss francs ), Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States ( including insular areas ), Zimbabwe.

In Malaysia, Citizens ' Band radios became legal when the Notification of Issuance Of Class Assignments by Communication and Multimedia Malaysia was published on 1 April 2000.