2003 in Malaysia

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2003 in Malaysia
46 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 Syed Sirajuddin
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Fauziah
• Prime Minister:
  • Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad (until 31 October)
  • Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (from 31 October)
• Deputy Prime Minister: incumbent

[edit] State level

• Sultan of Johor: Sultan Iskandar
• Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
• Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra
• Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Faizuddin (Regent)
• Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah
• Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
• Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
• Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
• 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 - Visit Johor Year 2003 officially began
• 1 January - The indirect advertising of tobacco brands are banned by the Malaysian federal government
• 4 January - The Mathematics and Science subject in English are introduced to all primary and secondary schools for the first time.
• 14 February - The Southern Integrated Gateway projects (New CIQ complex and new bridge) in Johor Bahru is officially launched by the then Malaysian prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad.
• 20-25 February - The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) General Conference is held in Kuala Lumpur.
• 23 March - Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah is crowned as the 9th Sultan of Selangor.
• May - The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) signed a deal to purchase 18 of the Russian Sukhoi Su-30MKM jet fighters worth almost $1 billion. The Su-30MKMs will be delivered in batches starting in early 2007. As part of the deal, the Russians will send a Malaysian astronaut (angkasawan) to the International Space Station (ISS).
• 24 July - Malaysia and Singapore jointly submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) a dispute concerning sovereignty over Pulau Batu Puteh (Pedra Branca), Middle Rocks and South Ledge.
• 3 August - Abdul Malik Mydin become first Malaysian and Southeast Asian to cross English Channel by swimming from Dover, England to Calais, France.
• August - Naza Ria, Malaysian first MPV vehicle is launched.
• 31 August - The quickmarch version of Negaraku national anthem has changed to the original slowmarch version
• 31 August - Malaysia's first monorail transit system, KL Monorail has begin in operations.
• September - The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) signed a deal to purchase 2 of the French Scorpene submarines worth almost $1 billion.
• 23 September - Media Prima Berhad, Malaysia's largest integrated media group of companies is launched
• 3 October - Berjaya Times Square, the highest shopping complex in Malaysia is officially opened.
• 16-17 October - The OIC General Conference is held in Putrajaya
• 22 October - Alor Star was granted city status
• 31 October - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi becomes the fifth prime minister replacing Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad.
• 25 November - The construction of the SMART Tunnel projects has begun.
• 1 December - 14 passengers were killed in an early morning collision involving two buses – a school bus which was converted for commercial use and an express bus – at the 63rd kilometre of the Kuala Lipis-Merapoh trunk road near Merapoh, Pahang. Twenty-three others were injured.
• December - The Malaysian National Service (Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN)) are introduced for the first time as the conscription training program.
• December - A rockfall in the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) near the Bukit Lanjan interchange caused the expressway to close for more than six months.

[edit] National Day

[edit] Main theme

Keranamu Malaysia

[edit] National Day Parade

• Putrajaya (new locations replaced Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur)

[edit] Sports

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Tun Sulaiman Ninam Shah — UMNO meeting chairman
• Dato' Dr Mokhzani Abdul Rahim — Chairman of the Human Resources Development Council (HRDC) Malaysia and a writer of the Kuala Lumpur Corporate Capital book.
• M Amin — Malay actors and directors.
• Dato' Seri Harun Idris — former Selangor Menteri Besar.
• Tan Sri Abdullah Sanusi Ahmad — Vice-chancellor of Universiti Malaya.
• Sultanah Bahiyah of Kedah

[edit] See also

• 2003
• 2002 in Malaysia | 2004 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia

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