2000 in Malaysia
2000 in Malaysia is the 43rd anniversary of Malaysia's independence.
Incumbents
Federal level
State level
Events
- 1 January – Visit Selangor Year 2000 officially begins.
- 1 January – Y2K passes without serious, widespread computer failures, as many experts and businesses had feared.
- January – The KLSE Composite Index rises to 1,000 points.
- 20 February – Kota Kinabalu is granted city status.
- 23 April – 21 people are kidnapped by the Philippine terrorist group Abu Sayyaf at Sipadan Island, Sabah.
- May – Mahsuri's seventh generations, Wan Aishah Wan Nawawi visits to Kedah and Langkawi Island.
- June – The Teluk Kemang MP by-election takes place, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate S Sonthinathan wins this by-election.
- 1 July – The Sauk arms heist occurs in Sauk, Perak. Many of Al-Mau'nah's 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 is granted city status.
- November – Lunas state assemblyman, Dr Jose Fernandes is assassinated in Bukit Mertajam.
- December – Lunas DUN by-elections take place, Parti Keadilan Nasional candidate, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail wins this by-election.
- 22 December – The 2000 Federal Territory of Putrajaya Agreement is signed at Istana Negara between Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah with Tengku Idris Shah (Regent of Selangor).
National Day
Main theme
Keranamu Malaysia
National Day Parade
Births
- Mohd Alaf - First Malaysian millennium baby was born on (1 January)
Deaths
See also
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