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In 2000, the state capital Kota Kinabalu was granted city status, making it the 6th city in Malaysia and the first city in the state. Also this year, Kinabalu National Park was officially designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site , making it the first site in the country to be given such designation.
The Sultanate of Brunei (Jawi: كسلطانن بروني) or simply Brunei (/ b r uː ˈ n aɪ / broo-NY), also known as the Bruneian Empire, was a Malay sultanate centered around Brunei on the northern coast of Borneo in Southeast Asia.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 January 2025. Book about Brunei and Malaysia Brunei and Malaysia: Why Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Refused to Join the Federation Author Isa Bin Ibrahim Subject Decolonization Brunei Genre History Publisher I B Tauris & Co Ltd Published in English 30 June 2013 Media type Print (Hardcover) Pages 288 ISBN ...
MSC Malaysia, which known as Multimedia Super Corridor was founded. The corridor area begins with Kuala Lumpur, through Cyberjaya and Putrajaya and ends with Sepang, Selangor. 1 June: ASTRO, Malaysia's first subscription-based satellite television station which provide different channels, was founded. 3 August
Brunei and Malaysia established diplomatic relations in 1984. Brunei has a high commission in Putrajaya, as well as consulate-generals in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. [1] [2] Malaysia maintains a high commission in Bandar Seri Begawan. [3] Both countries are full members of ASEAN and the Commonwealth of Nations.
On 27 May 1961, Tunku Abdul Rahman, the prime minister of the Federation of Malaya, announced a plan to form a greater federation together with Singapore, Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei, to be called Malaysia. This plan caused the local leaders in Sarawak to be wary of Tunku's intentions in view of the great disparity in socioeconomic development ...
The most recent museum in Kota Batu is the Brunei Darussalam Maritime Museum; it was inaugurated in 2015 and mainly exhibits the artifacts from the Brunei Shipwreck which was discovered off the coast of Brunei in 1997. [13] Kota Batu is also home to two royal tombs which belong to the third and fifth Sultans of Brunei, Sharif Ali and Bolkiah ...
In early 2020, Malaysia faced a political crisis, [20] concurrent with the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to political, health, social, and economic disruptions. [21] [22] The 2022 general election resulted in Malaysia's first hung parliament, leading to Anwar Ibrahim's appointment as Prime Minister on November 24, 2022. [23] [24] [25] [26]