2000 in Malaysia - Events

Events

  • 1 January - Visit Selangor Year 2000 officially begins.
  • 1 January - Y2K passes without serious, widespread computer failures, as many experts and businesses had feared.
  • January - The KLSE Composite Index rises to 1,000 points.
  • 20 February - Kota Kinabalu is granted city status.
  • 23 April - 21 people are kidnapped by the Philippine terrorist group Abu Sayyaf at Sipadan Island, Sabah.
  • June - The Teluk Kemang MP by-election takes place, Barisan Nasional (BN) wins this election.
  • 1 July - The Sauk arms heist occurs in Sauk, Perak. Many of Al-Mau'nah's gang members are arrested.
  • August - Proton Waja, the very first Malaysian-designed car, is launched.
  • 26 September - The first Malaysian micro satellite Tiung SAT is launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
  • 10 October - Shah Alam is granted city status.
  • November - Lunas state assemblyman, Dr Jose Fernandes is assassinated in Bukit Mertajam.
  • December - Lunas DUN by-elections take place.
  • 22 December - The 2000 Federal Territory of Putrajaya Agreement is signed at Istana Negara between Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah with Tengku Idris Shah (Regent of Selangor).

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