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Coat of arms of Malaysia; Armiger: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Adopted: 1963: Crest: A crescent and a fourteen-pointed federal star. Shield: Tierced per pale, the second three-and-a-half times as wide as the other two: The first (at dexter) of Penang; the second per fess, in chief paly of four Gules, Sable, Argent and Or, in base of Sabah, a Bunga Raya (hibiscus flower), and of Sarawak; the ...
Erected for Malaysia's declaration of independence on 31 August 1957. It was also used as the venue for concerts. 16: Petaling Jaya Stadium: 25,000: Petaling Jaya: Selangor: Petaling Jaya City FC: 1996: 17: City Stadium: 25,000: Georgetown: Penang: Penang F.C. 1956: The oldest built stadium still in use in Malaysia, it was built in 1956 by the ...
The University of Malaya (Malay: Universiti Malaya; abbreviated as UM or informally the Malayan University) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of higher education, [6] [7] and was the only university in newly independent Malaya. [8]
The name Malaysia is a combination of the word Malays and the Latin-Greek suffix -ia/-ία [18] which can be translated as 'land of the Malays'. [19] Similar-sounding variants have also appeared in accounts older than the 11th century, as toponyms for areas in Sumatra or referring to a larger region around the Strait of Malacca. [20]
Malaysia Day commemorates the formation of Malaysia in 1963, [4] when the four entities of North Borneo, Sarawak, Singapore and Malaya federated to form Malaysia. [5] Some, especially people from East Malaysia , argue that it is illogical to celebrate 31 August 1957 as Malaysia's national day when Malaysia was only established in 1963.
The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation or Borneo confrontation (known as Konfrontasi in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore) was an armed conflict from 1963 to 1966 that stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of the state of Malaysia from the Federation of Malaya.
He founded the Malaya Indian Congress (renamed Malaysian Indian Congress after the formation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963) in August 1946, and was party president until 1947. The word 'Congress' in the party's name refers to the Indian National Congress , the party Mahatma Gandhi led to fight for Indian independence.
On 6 July, Malaysia received 1 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from the United States for its National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme. On 24 June, Malaysia had also received 1 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses from Japan. [80] That same day, the JKJAV confirmed that Malaysia would be receiving about 14 million vaccine doses in ...