1982 in Malaysia

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1982 in Malaysia
25 years of the nationhood

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Federal level 1.2 State level 2 Events 3 National Day 3.1 Main theme 4 Sports 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Ahmad Shah
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tengku Ampuan Afzan
• Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
• Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Musa Hitam

[edit] State level

• Sultan of Johor: Sultan Iskandar
• Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
• Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra
• Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
• Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
• Sultan of Pahang: Tengku Abdullah (Regent)
• Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
• Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang:
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca:
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak:
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:

[edit] Events

• 1 January - The time zone in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore has changed to UTC+8/GMT+8 and it was never changed ever since.
• 2 January - The metric system of weights and measurements were introduced to replace the British imperial systems.
• 10 January- The former Defence Minister, Tan Sri Ghazalie Shafie, survives a plane crash.
• February - The construction of the Penang Bridge projects had begun.
• March - The second version of Malaysian Ringgit RM 1 notes is introduced.
• April - The 1982 Malaysian General Elections. The State Assemblyman for Tampin, Negri Sembilan, Datuk Mohd Taha Talib was found murdered. The then Culture, Youth and Sports Minister, Datuk Mokhtar Hashim was arrested and later convicted in connection with the murder.
• 29 April - McDonald's Malaysia opened its first restaurant at Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.
• 16 June - The first section of North-South Expressway, Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway was opened to traffic.
• 31 August - Malaysia celebrates its Silver Jubliee (25 years) of independence

[edit] National Day

[edit] Main theme

Berdisiplin Giat Maju

[edit] Sports

[edit] Births

• Quincy Tan - Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter
• Daniel Lee Chee Hun - Malaysian Chinese singer
• Hafiz Hashim - Malaysian badminton player
• Lee Chong Wei - Malaysian badminton player
• Chin Eei Hui — Malaysian woman badminton player (doubles)
• Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy - Malaysian A1GP driver

[edit] Deaths

• Tan Sri Syed Nasir — Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat

[edit] See also

• 1982
• 1981 in Malaysia | 1983 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia

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