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Peringgit Primary School in Malacca. Primary education in Malaysia begins at age seven and lasts for six years, referred to as Year ( Tahun) 1 to 6 (also known as Standard ( Darjah) 1 to 6). Year 1 to Year 3 are classified as Level One ( Tahap Satu) while Year 4 to Year 6 are considered as Level Two ( Tahap Dua ).
Deputy King. Personal standard of the Deputy King of Malaysia. The Deputy King of Malaysia (Malay: Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong) is elected by the same process immediately after the King has been elected by the Conference of Rules. The office is usually (but not always) held by the ruler next in line after the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Malay is the national language in Malaysia by Article 152 of the Constitution of Malaysia, and became the sole official language in Peninsular Malaysia in 1968 and in East Malaysia gradually from 1974. English continues, however, to be widely used in professional and commercial fields and in the superior courts.
Independence Day ( Malay: Hari Merdeka ), also known as National Day ( Hari Kebangsaan ), is the independence day of the Federation of Malaya from the British Empire. [1] [2] It commemorates the Malayan Declaration of Independence of 31 August 1957, and is defined in article 160 of the Constitution of Malaysia. [3]
Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Melayu are used interchangeably in reference to Malay in Malaysia. Malay was designated as a national language by the Singaporean government after independence from Britain in the 1960s to avoid friction with Singapore's Malay-speaking neighbours of Malaysia and Indonesia. It has a symbolic, rather than functional ...
Utusan Malaysia ( Jawi: اوتوسن مليسيا; English: The Malaysian Tribune or simply Utusan) is a Malaysian Malay-language daily newspaper. Formerly owned by the Utusan Group, the newspaper is currently owned by Media Mulia. Distinctive for its blue masthead as its logo and trademark, Utusan Malaysia is the oldest Malay-language ...
The Malaysian identity card (Malay: kad pengenalan Malaysia) is the compulsory identity card for Malaysian citizens aged 12 and above. The current identity card, known as MyKad, was introduced by the National Registration Department of Malaysia on 5 September 2001 as one of four MSC Malaysia flagship applications and a replacement for the High Quality Identity Card (Kad Pengenalan Bermutu ...
Languages of Malaysia. The indigenous languages of Malaysia belong to the Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian families. The national, or official, language is Malay which is the mother tongue of the majority Malay ethnic group. The main ethnic groups within Malaysia are the Malay people, Han Chinese people and Tamil people, with many other ethnic ...