1989 in Malaysia

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1989 in Malaysia
32 years of the nationhood

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong:

Sultan Iskandar (until 25 April)

Sultan Azlan Shah (from 26 April)

Raja Permaisuri Agong:

Sultanah Zanariah (until 25 April)

Tuanku Bainun (from 26 April)

Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad

Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Ghafar Baba

State level

Sultan of Johor: Tunku Ibrahim Ismail (Regent until 25 April)

Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah

Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra

Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra

Sultan of Perak: Raja Nazrin Shah (Regent from 26 April)

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 (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)

Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang:

Tun Dr Awang Hassan (until May)

Tun Dr Hamdan Sheikh Tahir (from May)

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 Mohammed Noor

Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Said Keruak

Events

19 January – Planetarium Sultan Iskandar in Kuching, Sarawak, the first planetarium in Malaysia is officially opened

1 February – The Malaysian National Speed Limit was enforced.

19 February – A Boeing 747 owned by Flying Tiger Line crashed 12 kilometres from the Subang International Airport while on approach. The pilots misinterpreted the controller's instructions to descend, causing the aircraft to fly below minimum altitude and crash into a hillside on the outskirts of Puchong (the flight crew mistook the descent altitude to be 400 feet, when the controller actually meant 2400 feet). All 4 flight crew were killed.

8 March – Proton Saga Knight, the first Rally, Race, Research (R3) sports car is launched at Batu Tiga Circuit, Shah Alam.

19 March – The Malaysian no.1 singer, Sudirman Arshad won the title " Best Performer" in 1989 Salem Asian Music Awards at Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom.

10 April – Four people were injured in a bomb blast at Dayabumi Complex, Kuala Lumpur.

26 April – Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak is elected as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

15 April – Malacca Town become as the historical city and also a sister cities of Kuala Lumpur.

1 June – TV3 celebrates its 5th anniversary.

18–24 October – The eleventeenth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is held in Kuala Lumpur.

22 September – About 27 of students including school girls were killed in the Madrasah fire tragedy in Guar Chempedak, Kedah.

2 December – The Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89) ended and the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) agreed to a ceasefire. A peace agreement is signed at Hat Yai, Thailand between CPM, the Malaysian and Thai governments. CPM is officially dissolved.

Main theme

Bersatu

Sports

20 August - 31 August — The Kuala Lumpur 1989, XV Southeast Asian Games

Births

January 17 – Aiman Hakim Ridza, singer and actor

January 29 – Ong Jian Guo, badminton player

February 10 – Neelofa, actress and television host

September 18 – Daniel Bego, swimmer

date unknown

Nadiah Amirah – student who holds the record of most 1As scored in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia 2006

Tengku Fairuz Khalisah Tuan Ibrahim – grand niece of Tunku Najihah of Negeri Sembilan

Deaths

Ibu Zain — Malay woman political, nationalist and educational

S Kadarisman — Malay actor

S Sudarmaji — Malay film director

Jimmy Chuah — Notorious criminal during hostage drama siege was hanged in Pudu Prison, Kuala Lumpur

References

1989 in Malaysia Wikipedia

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