2000 in Malaysia

2000 in Malaysia
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2000 in Malaysia
43 years of the nationhood

The new Proton logo

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Incumbents

1 January - Visit Selangor Year 2000 officially began.
1 January - 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.
March - The skybridge of the Petronas Twin Towers is opened to public.
23 April - 21 people were kidnapped by the Philippine terrorist group Abu Sayyaf at the Sipadan Island, Sabah.
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.
November - Lunas state assemblyman Dr Jose Fernandes is assassinated in Bukit Mertajam.
December - Lunas DUN by-elections.
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 (Regent of Selangor).

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v • d • e Years in Malaysia

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