1988 in Malaysia

1988 in Malaysia
31 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Iskandar
*Raja Permaisuri Agong: Sultanah Zanariah
*Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
*Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Ghafar Baba

tate level

*Sultan of Johor: Tunku Ibrahim Ismail (Regent)
*Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
*Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra
*Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
*Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
*Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
*Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
*Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
*Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Dr Awang Hassan
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Ahmad Al-Haj bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Said Keruak

Events

*22 February - The longest hanging dragon in Malaysia was hung in The Mall shopping centre, Kuala Lumpur during Chinese New Year of the year of dragon.
*1 March - Ipoh was granted city status.
*11 March - The Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque in Shah Alam was fully constructed. This is the largest mosque in Malaysia.
*13 May - Highway Concessionnaires Berhad changes its name to Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (PLUS).
*4 July - The Malaysian constitutional crisis ended.
*July - Opening of the Sultan Ismail Power Station in Paka, Terengganu. the largest power station in Malaysia.
*31 July – Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapse in Butterworth, Penang killed 32 people and injuring 1,674 people.
*1 August - Kuching was granted city status. It comprising Kuching North and Kuching South.
*29 August - The biggest Malaysian flag was hung in Angkasapuri and is the largest flag in this country ever hung to date.
*16 September - Sarawak celebrates it's 25th anniversary of independence within Malaysia.
*21 November - The Air France's supersonic Concorde made its first landing at Subang International Airport.

National Day

Main theme

Bersatu

National Day Parade

*Johor Bahru, Johor

ports

Births

*Raja Farah — Malaysian actress and models

Deaths

*Tun Henry H S Lee — First Finance Minister
*Tun Tan Siew Sin — Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Finance and MCA president
*Tengku Ampuan Afzan of Pahang and 7th Raja Permaisuri Agong
*R Arumugam — Malaysian footballer

See also

* 1988
* 1987 in Malaysia | 1989 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia