Federal Territory (Malaysia)

Infobox Federal Territory of Malaysia
native_name="Wilayah Persekutuan"
conventional_long_name=ولايه ڤرسكوتوان
Federal Territory

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common_name=Flag of Federal Territory

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state_motto="Maju dan Sejahtera"
state_anthem="Maju dan Sejahtera"


common_name=Federal Territory
territory_name1=Kuala Lumpur
territory_name2=Labuan
territory_name3=Putrajaya
territory_party1=Barisan Nasional
territory_party2=Barisan Nasional
territory_party3=Barisan Nasional
administered_by=Ministry of the Federal Territories
minister=Zulhasnan Rafique
sovereignty_type=Made into Federal Territory
established_event1=Kuala Lumpur
established_date1=1 February 1974
established_event2=Labuan
established_date2=16 April 1984
established_event3=Putrajaya
established_date3=1 February 2001
established_event4=Consolidated under the Ministry
established_date4=27 March 2004
area=381.65
population_estimate=1,602,388
population_estimate_year=2004
population_estimate_rank=1
population_density=4198.6
population_density_rank=1
national_calling_code=03^a
087^b
national_postal_code=Kuala Lumpur
50xxx to 60xxx
68xxx
Labuan
87xxx
Putrajaya
62xxx
license_plate=W¹
L²
PUTRAJAYA³

website=http://www.kwp.gov.my
footnotes=^a Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya
^b Labuan
¹ Kuala Lumpur
² Labuan
³ Putrajaya

The Federal Territory ( _ms. Wilayah Persekutuan) is a collective of three territories, namely Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan, governed directly by the federal government of Malaysia. Each of them has the equivalent status to the 13 states, though the territories have neither a head of state nor a state legislature. Of the three, Kuala Lumpur is the Malaysian capital, while Putrajaya is Malaysia's administrative capital.

Administrations

All the territories fall under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Federal Territories, which was formed under Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's administration on March 27, 2006. The firstfact|date=August 2008 Minister of the Federal Territories was Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad. Currently, Dato Seri Zulhasnan Rafique has been the incumbent minister since February 14, 2006.

History

Kuala Lumpur initially belonged to the state of Selangor. However, during the 1969 elections, BN lost its majority in Selangor to opposition. The opposition mainly received their votes in Kuala Lumpur. This caused feelings of resentment to the ruling party (BN) and their supporters as Selangor and Kuala Lumpur are the richest states in Malaysia after Singapore left the Federation. The ruling party supporters clashed with opposition supporters during their 'victory' marches. This time BN-UMNO supporters gathered at the Selangor Chief Minister's home at Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur and they started getting reckless. Phoney news spread like wild fire which said that the Malays are killed by opposition supporters and later riots spread to the whole of Kuala Lumpur, mainly in Chinese districts (Kuala Lumpur center and business area where Chinese people are working).

Many citizens today (2008) believed that this reason is made up after the riots had brought under control blaiming opposition victory marches venture into Kampung Baru. While declassified reports came out from British archives stated that the ruling Government (UMNO-BN) leaders were the organisers of the riots as evidences said the riots in Kuala Lumpur start concurrently which defy logic, as riots which usually start in particular place and spread to other places one by one.

Due to the riots and UMNO-BN unwilling to surrender Selangor state, they suspended the Parliament and created Commission rule (Suruhanjaya) for a couple of years. This Commission created Federal Territory and Kuala Lumpur is place under Federal Government rule. Thus this create majority for UMNO-BN Selangor and isolated whole Kuala Lumpur Chinesse citizen which mainly vote for opposition. Until today Kuala Lumpur citizen regardless of races still vote for opposition which recent 2008 National Election clearly paved way for example for whole country to follow (Opposition Pakatan Rakyat won almost all parliamentary seats).

The federal territories were originally part of two states - Sabah and Selangor. Both Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya were part of Selangor, while Labuan was part of Sabah. Kuala Lumpur was ceded by the state of Selangor to the federal government on February 1, 1974, while Labuan, which was part of Sabah, became the second federal territory in 1984. Putrajaya became the third federal territory on February 1, 2001.

During the 2006 Sukma Games in Kedah, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya merged into the unified contingent of Federal Territories.

Flag and anthem

The official anthem of the territories is "Maju dan Sejahtera", which means "Progress and Prosperity."

Holidays

External links

* [http://www.kwp.gov.my/ENG/indexInggeris.htm Malaysian Ministry of Federal Territories]