1998 in Malaysia

1998 in Malaysia
41 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Jaafar
*Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Najihah
*Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
*Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Anwar Ibrahim

tate level

*Sultan of Johor: Sultan Iskandar
*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
*Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
*Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
*Sultan of Terengganu:
**Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah (until 17 May)
**Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (from 17 May)
*Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tengku Naquiddin (Regent)
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Dr Hamdan Sheikh Tahir
*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 Sakaran Dandai

Events

*7 January - The National Economic Action Council (NEAC) is established.
*February - The El Nino phenomenon begins.
*February-April - The Klang Valley water crisis causes of El Niño phenomenon.
*7 April - Ntv7 the first digital terrestrial television in Malaysia was launched.
*18 April - The Malaysia-Singapore Second Crossing is officially opened.
*21 April - Malaysian parachute expedition team with Proton Wira cars lands at North Pole for the first time.
*27 June - Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang is opened as the main international airport in Malaysia replaced Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (LTSAAS) in Subang.
*1 July - The Kuala Lumpur mini-bus (Bas Mini) service was officially terminated.
*11 July - The National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil is officially opened.
*2 August - The controversial issue about Malaysian CIQ counters transferred from Tanjung Pagar railway station to Woodlands Checkpoint in Singapore.
*17 August - The Dewan Filharmonik Petronas at Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) is officially opened and Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra are played for the first time.
* August - Perodua Kembara, Malaysian first 4WD vehicle is launched.
*1 September - The PUTRA Light Rail Transit system (LRT), Malaysia's first automated light rail transit system has begin in operations
*September - Bernama TV, the first and only 24-hour TV news channel in Malaysia is launched.
*1 September - The money banking control is introduced. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) Composite Index rose up from 400 points to 500 points.
*2 September - Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim the deputy prime minister is sacked from parliament and UMNO.
*11 September-21 September - The 1998 Commonwealth Games is held in Kuala Lumpur for the first time in Asia. Malaysia got 10 gold medals in this games.
*20 September - Anwar Ibrahim addressed a protest gathering of nearly 100,000 people in Kuala Lumpur, after which a number of his supporters marched to Mahathir Mohammad's then official residence "Sri Perdana" demanding reformasi (economic and political reforms) and Mahathir's resignation.
*29 September - Anwar Ibrahim was appeared in court and pleaded innocent to charges of corruption and sodomy.
*October - Proton Perdana V6 and Proton Satria GTi are launched.
*14 November - The Tenth APEC Ministerial Meeting is held in Kuala Lumpur.
*12 December - The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia is officially opened.

National Day

Main theme

Negara Kita Tanggungjawab Kita - Our Country Our Responsibility

National Day Parade

*George Town, Penang

ports

*11 September-21 September — The Kuala Lumpur 1998, XVI Commonwealth Games

Births

*Ahmad and Muhammad Rosli — Malaysian siamese twins
*Tengku Muhammad Ismail — Yang di-Pertuan Muda Terengganu

Deaths

*Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah of Terengganu
*Tun Ismail Mohd Ali — Second Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia
*Salleh Kamil — Malaysian actors

ee also

* 1998
* 1997 in Malaysia | 1999 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia