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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

State 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 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.
• 5 February - 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 in Sepang is opened as the main international airport in Malaysia replaced Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang.
• 1 July - The Kuala Lumpur mini-bus (Bas Mini) service was officially ended.
• 11 July - The National Sports Complex 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

Sports

• 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

See also

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