2000 in Malaysia

2000 in Malaysia
43 years of the nationhood

The new Proton logo

[edit] Events

1 January - Visit Selangor Year 2000 officially began.
January 1 - Y2K passes without serious, widespread computer failures, as many experts and businesses had feared.
January - The KLSE Composite Index rosed up to 1,000 points.
20 February - Kota Kinabalu was granted city status.
June - The Teluk Kemang MP by-elections, Barisan Nasional (BN) win in this elections.
1 July - The Sauk arms heist took happen in Sauk, Perak. Many of Al-Mau'nah gang members are arrested.
August - Proton Waja, the very first Malaysian-designed car is launched.
26 September - The first Malaysian micro satellite Tiung SAT is launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
10 October - Shah Alam was granted city status.
22 December - The 2000 Federal Territory of Putrajaya Agreement signed at Istana Negara between Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah with Tengku Idris Shah (Raja Muda of Selangor).

Keranamu Malaysia

Tun Sharifah Rodziah — Wife of Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra
Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis and 3rd Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Dato' Abdullah Kia — State assemblyman for Sanggang, Pahang.
S.R Anpalagan — Teluk Kemang's Member of Parliament
Tun Mohd Suffian Hashim — Lord President of the Supreme Court of Malaysia
Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Mohammad Nor — Sarawak state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor)