Clothing, Traditional—Malaysia
Malays, the majority population in Malaysia, are a Muslim people indigenous to villages (kampung) in Southeast Asia. Village dress is situational and reflects rel...
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Federation of Malaysia
The Federation of Malaysia was the name given to the 1963 political union of several British colonies on the Malay Peninsula, as well as Singapore and the island of Borneo. In 1...
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Malaysia—Profile
(2001 est. pop. 22.2 million). An independent federation in Southeast Asia, Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy whose capital is Kuala Lumpur, and whose major ports are Penan...
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Mineral Industry—Malaysia
Although Malaysia has a rich variety of mineral resources, only petroleum and tin are of any significance in terms of quality and value of reserves. Gold, coal, iron,...
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Songket
Songket is cloth decorated with gold and silver thread and is found in the states of the east coast of western Malaysia. A simple traditional loom with treadle-operated heddles and hand-thrown...
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Tay Hooi Keat
(1910–1989), Malaysian painter. Active in Penang in British Malaya, Tay Hooi Keat became well-known during the 1930s for water-color paintings depicting Malayan life and scenery. ...
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Timber Industry—Malaysia
Timber as an export commodity began contributing to the Malaysian economy only toward the end of the nineteenth century. The timber industry started in today's E...
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Malaysia
CAPITAL: Kuala Lumpur
FLAG: The national flag consists of 14 alternating horizontal stripes, of which 7 are red and 7 white; a gold 14-pointed star and crescent appear on a blue field in the ...
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Malaysia
Malaysia consists of a peninsula, which makes up the southernmost portion of the landmass of Southeast Asia, and the northern quarter of the island of Borneo, apart from Brunei. It extends so...
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Malaysia
POPULATION 23,274,690MUSLIM 61 percentBUDDHIST 19 percentCHRISTIAN 9 percentHINDU 6 percentCHINESE RELIGIONS 3 percentOTHER 2 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
The Southeast Asian na...
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A democratic country in the making, Malaysia tries be like the more powerful countries. Ironically, just like the United States, equality does not apply to everyone. Formed in 1963, Malaysia started...
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I refer to the report under Star Education, "Government should stop the private ETV programmes",(The Star, October 7), stating that the Government should stop the private Education Television (ETV) pr...
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Due to its strategic position, as far as maritime trading and warfare goes, Malaysia has always been an extremely popular country as far as colonization goes. For Malaysia, it was empire after empire...
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Area: 329,876 sq km (127,366 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 26,640,000Capital:
Kuala Lumpur
; some government offices have moved to
Putrajaya
(the new planned capital)Chief of state: Yang di-Pert...
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Malaysia said Monday it has signed a free trade agreement with
Pakistan, which will see the abolishment of import tariffs in many
agricultural and manufacturing products by 2012 and special
...
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A Malaysian Cabinet minister denied Tuesday that the country had frozen the recruitment of workers from India, a surprising turnaround that came after other officials read out a government order on...
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The United States and Malaysia resumed formal talks Monday for a free trade agreement, nearly a year after discussions stalled amid differences over Malaysia's government procurement policy.The Uni...
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The number of HIV infections in Malaysia could surge by more than fourfold to 300,000 by 2015 as the virus spreads rapidly from high-risk groups to the general public, a senior health official warn...
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Low-cost carrier Firefly, a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines, has started commercial operations with ticket prices as low as $2.60.Its first passengers flew out of the island resort of Penang, offic...
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Muslim-majority Malaysia's first astronaut will get guidelines allowing flexibility in praying in zero gravity and eating space meals under Islamic rules, the country space chief said Monday.The go...
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