1996 in Malaysia

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1996 in Malaysia
39 years of the nationhood

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Federal level 1.2 State level 2 Events 3 National Day 3.1 Main theme 3.2 National Day Parade 4 Sports 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Jaafar
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Najihah
• Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
• Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Anwar Ibrahim

[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 Azlan Shah
• Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
• Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tengku Naquiddin (Regent)
• 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

• 12 January - The first Malaysian satellite MEASAT 1 is launched by Ariane rocket from Kourou, French Guiana
• February - First Le Tour de Langkawi cycling tour.
• 12 February - The Multimedia Super Corridor is established.
• 2 March - The body remains of the Malay Sarawakian nationalist Rosli Dhobie was brought back from Kuching Central Prison to Sibu.
• 6 March - Perodua Rusa, Malaysian first domestically manufactured van is launched.
• March - The Sungai Buloh Prison in Sungai Buloh, Selangor becomes the federal prison, replacing Pudu Prison in Kuala Lumpur.
• May - A landslide blocks the North-South Expressway (NSE) near Gua Tempurung, Perak.
• May - Malaysia's first domestically-produced motorcycle, Modenas Kriss is launched.
• June - Astro, the first satellite television provider in Malaysia is launched.
• June - Malaysia Electric Corporation, Malaysia's first electrical appliances manufacturer is launched.
• 2 July - A new version of Malaysian Ringgit RM 2 notes is introduced.
• July - The 's STAR Light Rail Transit (LRT) (Light Rail Transit) began operations in Kuala Lumpur. It was the first LRT system in the city.
• 16 July - A bus, ferrying a group of factory workers and their families on a holiday excursion, plunged into a 120m-deep ravine at km 1 of the Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway near the Genting Highlands Resort, killing 17 of them. Six were children.
• 2 August - The 1996 Peninsular Malaysia electricity blackout crisis.
• 29 August - A mudflow near Pos Dipang Orang Asli settlement in Kampar, Perak kills 44 people.
• 1 October - The Kuala Lumpur Tower at Bukit Nanas is officially opened.
• 18 December - The Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Terengganu, Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin marries Nur Zahirah.
• 26 December - Several parts of Sabah were hit by Greg tropical storms.

[edit] National Day

[edit] Main theme

Budaya Penentu Kecapaian

[edit] National Day Parade

• Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

[edit] Sports

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Tan Sri Hamid Bidin — Malaysian Armed Forces general (1969-1970)
• PP Narayanan — former Malaysian Workers Union president
• Tun Datu Mustapha — former Sabah state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) and chief ministers
• Ibu Enjah - first "Ibu Mithali" awards
• Tan Sri Dato' Senu B. Abdul Rahman — former USM Vice Chancellor and Malaysian ambassador to United Nations
• Wong Peng Soon - Former Malaysian badminton player

[edit] See also

• 1996
• 1995 in Malaysia | 1997 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia

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