2000 in Malaysia
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This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 2000, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians. 2000 marked is 43rd anniversary of Malaysia's Independence.
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Incumbent political figures
[edit]Federal level
[edit]- Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah of Selangor
- Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tengku Permaisuri Siti Aishah of Selangor
- Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu
- Prime Minister: Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
- Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- President of the Dewan Negara:
- Tan Sri Dato' Haji Mohamed Yaacob (until 5 December)
- Tun Tan Sri Michael Chen Wing Sum (from 7 December)
- Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat: Tun Dr. Mohamed Zahir Ismail
- Chief Justice:
- Mohd Eusoff Chin (until 19 December)
- Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah (from 20 December)
State level
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Johor:
Kedah:
Kelantan:
Perlis:
- Raja of Perlis:
- Tuanku Syed Putra (until 16 April)
- Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (from 17 April)
- Menteri Besar of Perlis: Shahidan Kassim
- Raja of Perlis:
Perak:
Pahang:
Selangor:
- Sultan of Selangor: Tengku Idris Shah (Regent)
- Menteri Besar of Selangor:
- Abu Hassan Omar (until 9 August)
- Mohamad Khir Toyo (from 18 August)
Terengganu:
Negeri Sembilan:
Penang:
Malacca:
Sarawak:
Sabah:
Events
[edit]- 1 January
- January – The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) Composite Index rose to 1,000 points.
- 25 January – 6 February — 2000 Tour de Langkawi.
- 20 February – Kota Kinabalu was granted city status.[3]
- 31 March–2 April – 2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix.
- 16 April – Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Putra, died in the National Heart Institute (Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur, aged 79. On 17 April, his son Tengku Syed Sirajuddin was elected as the 8th Raja of Perlis.[4][5]
- 23 April – 21 people were kidnapped by the Philippine terrorist group Abu Sayyaf at Sipadan Island, Sabah.[6]
- May – Mahsuri's seventh generation, Wan Aishah Wan Nawawi visited Kedah and Langkawi Island.[7]
- 1 May
- Zeti Akhtar Aziz was appointed the seventh governor of Bank Negara Malaysia. She was the first woman to lead the central bank.[8]
- The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), a body overseeing the palm oil industry in Malaysia, was formed as a merger between the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) and the Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority (PORLA).[9]
- 25 May – 4 June – The 2000 Sukma Games was held in Penang, with newly built Penang State Stadium in Batu Kawan as the main venue.[10]
- June – The Telok Kemang MP by-election took place, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate S. Sothinathan winning this by-election.[11]
- 25 June – 2000 International Penang Bridge Run.
- 1 July – The Sauk arms heist in Sauk, Perak. Many of Al-Mau'nah's gang members were arrested.[12]
- 1 August – The Proton Waja, the very first Malaysian-designed car, was launched.[13]
- 10–14 August — Malaysia at the 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 15 September – 1 October — Malaysia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
- 26 September – The first Malaysian micro satellite Tiung SAT was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.[14]
- 10 October – Shah Alam was granted city status.[15]
- 18–29 October — Malaysia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia.
- 31 October – Four Malaysians on Singapore Airlines Flight 006 died when the flight attempted to take off from the wrong runway at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, Taoyuan, Taiwan during a typhoon, resulting in the aircraft crashing into construction equipment on the runway, killing 83 of the 179 occupants aboard.[16][17]
- 4 November – Lunas, Kedah state assemblyman, Dr Joe Fernandez was assassinated in Bukit Mertajam, Penang.[18]
- 29 November – 2000 Lunas by-election took place, Parti Keadilan Nasional candidate, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail winning this by-election.[19]
- 5 December – Governor of Sarawak, Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Muhammed Noor died at the age of 76. On 22 December, he was replaced by Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin as a new Governor of Sarawak.[20]
- 22 December – The 2000 Federal Territory of Putrajaya Agreement was signed at Istana Negara between Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah of Selangor and Tengku Idris Shah (Regent of Selangor).[21]
National Day
[edit]Theme
[edit]Keranamu Malaysia (Because of you, Malaysia)
National Day parade
[edit]Births
[edit]- 27 January – Aznie Azmi, rapper.
- 30 January – Goh Jin Wei, badminton player.
- 17 February – Amir Ahnaf, actor, singer.
- 14 March – Pearly Tan, badminton player.
- 1 April – Danial Asri, footballer.
- 13 April – Ismail Izzani, singer.
- 17 April – Tee Kai Wun, badminton player.
- 16 May – Ng Tze Yong, badminton player.
- 25 August – Jason Teh, Singaporean badminton player.
- 6 October – Nureizkhan Isa, footballer.
- 2 November – Eoon Qi Xuan, badminton player.
- c. November – Sabrina Bahsoon, social media influencer.
Deaths
[edit]- 12 March – Tun Sharifah Rodziah Syed Alwi Barakbah, Wife of the first Malaysian Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj and First Lady of Malaysia.
- 21 March – Zainon Chan, Member of the Politburo of the Malayan Communist Party.
- 16 April – Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis, 7th Raja of Perlis and 3rd Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
- 18 April – Ismail Khan, 6th President of the Dewan Negara.
- 19 April – Ong Kee Hui, politician and founder of the Sarawak United People's Party.
- 27 April – Yusof Rawa, 5th President of the Malaysian Islamic Party.
- 8 August – Normadiah, actress.
- 26 September – Tun Mohd Suffian Hashim, 4th Lord President of the Supreme Court of Malaysia.
- 5 December – Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Mohammed Noor, 5th Governor of Sarawak.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Liputan Khas - 14/09/1999". ww1.utusan.com.my (in Malay). Retrieved 2017-07-18.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Y2K: Krisis komputer tahun 2000". Utusan Online (in Malay). Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Kota Kinabalu jadi Bandar Raya". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
- ↑ "Jenazah Raja Perlis selamat dimakamkan". Utusan Online (in Malay). Archived from the original on 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin dimasyhur Raja Perlis". Utusan Online (in Malay). Archived from the original on 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ Tribune, Thomas Fuller, International Herald (2000-04-25). "20 Kidnapped From Malaysian Resort Island". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Wan Aishah akhiri zaman bujang". Utusan Online (in Malay). Retrieved 2017-07-18.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "PROFILE-Malaysia's Central Bank Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz". Reuters. 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ Lim Weng Soong. Malaysian Palm Oil Board - A Merger of PORIM and PORLA (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 19 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Sukma 2000 dilancar". Utusan Online (in Malay). Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "BN retains Teluk Kemang with reduced majority". Malaysiakini. 2001-05-04. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Malaysian arms raid cult charged". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "PM lancar Proton Waja". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2017-07-18.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "TiungSAT". www.angkasa.gov.my. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "City development: Shah Alam — A journey through time". NST Online. 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Passengers and crew who died in the SQ006 crash". Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ↑ "Crash Victims Identified". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ↑ "Siasat lebih lanjut kes bunuh Dr. Joe Fernandez - Koroner" (in Malay). Retrieved 7 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Keadilan's Saifuddin for Lunas by-election". Malaysiakini. 2000-11-20. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Ahmad Zaidi paling lama berkhidmat". Utusan Online (in Malay). Retrieved 2017-07-18.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Putrajaya chronology of major events". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2017-07-18.[permanent dead link]
