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The Malays and Pakistanis share strong Muslim identity. At the time of Malaysia's independence under the Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957, there were more than two hundred thousand Pakistanis residing in Malaysia, rather than forming a separate group under the categorized system, at the suggestion of Malays themselves, Pakistanis immersed themselves into the Malay group, thus they ...
Reformasi is a political movement in Malaysia. It was initiated in September 1998 by Anwar Ibrahim , former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia , after he was sacked from his position by Malaysia's then- Prime Minister , Mahathir Mohamad .
MSC Malaysia, which known as Multimedia Super Corridor was founded. The corridor area begins with Kuala Lumpur, through Cyberjaya and Putrajaya and ends with Sepang, Selangor. 1 June: ASTRO, Malaysia's first subscription-based satellite television station which provide different channels, was founded. 3 August
Reformasi (Indonesia), a movement to dethrone Suharto as President in May 1998 and the post-Suharto era in Indonesia that began immediately after; Reformasi (Malaysia), which was initiated in September 1998 by former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, immediately after he was sacked by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
The People's Justice Party (Malay: Parti Keadilan Rakyat; abbrev: PKR or KEADILAN), [4] is a reformist political party in Malaysia formed on 3 August 2003 through a merger of the party's predecessor, the National Justice Party, with the socialist Malaysian People's Party. [5]
The 1977 Kelantan Emergency took place in the state of Kelantan in Malaysia. The state of emergency was declared by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Yahya Petra, who was also the Sultan of Kelantan at the time, on 8 November 1977, upon the request of the federal government following a political impasse and street violence in Kelantan. [1]
Until now, the kings in the Sultanate of Johor and the Sultanate of Selangor are of Bugis descent. The population census in Malaysia also does not categorize the Bugis as a separate ethnic group, but rather as a Malay ethnic group. The presence of the Bugis in Malaysia has become a part of history and a contribution to the development of Malaysia.
In 1970, three-quarters of Malaysians living below the poverty line were ethnic Malays, most of whom were rural workers largely excluded from Malaysia's modern economy. The government introduced the New Economic Policy (NEP) in 1971 to address these disparities, with a series of four five-year plans scheduled from 1971 to 1990. [203]