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BASICS

BORDERS

• The borders of Malaysia include land and maritime borders with Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand and shared maritime boundaries with China, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.

MALAYSIA POPULATION

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

MALAYSIAN RINGGIT

ECONOMY

• The economy of Malaysia is the third largest in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia and Thailand

MALAYSIA TIMELINE

• 1826 – British settlements of Malacca, Penang and Singapore combine to form the Colony of Straits Settlements, from where the British extend their influence by establishing protectorates over the Malay sultanates of the peninsula.
• 1895 – Four Malay states combine to form the Federated Malay States.
• 1942-45 – Japanese occupation.
• 1948 – British-ruled Malayan territories unified under Federation of Malaya.

MALAYSIA TIMELINE

• 1957 – Federation of Malaya becomes independent from Britain with Tunku Abdul Rahman as prime minister.
• 1963 – British colonies of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore join Federation of Malaya to form the Federation of Malaysia.
• 1965 – Singapore withdraws from Malaysia, which is reduced to 13 states
• Singapore became an independent republic on 9 August 1965.

ETHNIC RIOTS IN MALAYSIA

ETHNIC RIOTS IN MALAYSIA

• 1969 – Malays stage anti-Chinese riots in the context of increasing frustration over the economic success of the ethnic Chinese.

BIRTH OF ASEAN

• ASEAN was preceded by an organisation formed on 31 July 1961 called the Association of Southeast Asia (ASA), a group consisting of Thailand, the Philippines, and the Federation of Malaya.
• ASEAN itself was created on 8 August 1967, when the foreign ministers of five countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, signed the ASEAN Declaration.

QUOTA SYSTEM IN MALAYSIA

• 1971 – Government introduces minimum quotas for Malays in business, education and the civil service.
•  In 1973, the Malaysian government implemented an affirmative action program, setting a quota of 55% of university places for Bumiputeras and the remaining 45% for Chinese and Indian students. The university quota system created considerable unhappiness among the Chinese and Indians.

MAHATIR

• 1981 – Mahathir Mohamad becomes prime minister.
• 1989 – Local communist insurgents sign peace accord with government.
• 1990 – Sarawak communist insurgents sign peace accord with government.
• 1993 – Sultans lose legal immunity.
• 16 JULY 1981 – 31 OCTOBER 2003 – PM

MALAYSIA GLOBAL FIREPOWER INDEX

• Major played in south east Asia

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