2000 in Malaysia explained

This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 2000, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.

Incumbent political figures

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah

• Raja Permaisuri Agong

Tuanku Siti Aishah

• Prime Minister

Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohamad

• Deputy Prime Minister

Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

• Chief Justice

Eusoff Chin then Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah

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 (until 16 April)
  • Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (from 17 April)
• Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah
• Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
• Sultan of Selangor: Tengku Idris Shah (Regent)
• Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
• 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 Mohammed Noor (until 5 December)
  • Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin (from 6 December)
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Sakaran Dandai

Events

• 1 January  - Visit Selangor Year 2000 officially began.^[1]
• 1 January  - Y2K passed without serious, widespread computer failures, as many experts and businesses had feared.^[2]
• January  - The KLSE Composite Index rose to 1,000 points.
• 20 February  - Kota Kinabalu was granted city status.^[3]
• 31 March–2 April  - 2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
• 16 April  - Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Putra, died in the National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, aged 79. On 17 April, his son Tengku Syed Sirajuddin was elected as new Raja of Perlis.^{[4] [5]}
• 23 April  - 21 people were kidnapped by the Philippine terrorist group Abu Sayyaf at Sipadan Island, Sabah.^[6]
• May  - Mahsuri's seventh generation, Wan Aishah Wan Nawawi visited Kedah and Langkawi Island.^[7]
• 1 May  - Zeti Akhtar Aziz was appointed the seventh governor of Bank Negara Malaysia. She was the first woman to lead the central bank.^[8]
• 1 May  - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), a body overseeing the palm oil industry in Malaysia, was formed as a merger between the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) and the Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority (PORLA).^[9]
• 25 May–4 June  - The 2000 Sukma Games was held in Penang.^[10]
• June  - The Teluk Kemang MP by-election took place, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate S. Sothinathan winning this by-election.^[11]
• 1 July  - The Sauk arms heist in Sauk, Perak. Many of Al-Mau'nah's gang members were arrested.^[12]
• 1 August  - The Proton Waja, the very first Malaysian-designed car, was launched.^[13]
• 26 September  - The first Malaysian micro satellite Tiung SAT was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.^[14]
• 10 October  - Shah Alam was granted city status.^[15]
• 31 October  - Four Malaysians on Singapore Airlines Flight 006 died when the flight attempted to take off from the wrong runway at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, Taoyuan, Taiwan during a typhoon, resulting in the aircraft crashing into construction equipment on the runway, killing 83 of the 179 occupants aboard.^{[16] [17]}
• 4 November  - Lunas state assemblyman, Dr Joe Fernandez was assassinated in Bukit Mertajam.^[18]
• 29 November  - Lunas DUN by-elections took place, Parti Keadilan Nasional candidate, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail winning this by-election.^[19]
• 5 December  - Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak, Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Muhammed Noor died at the age of 76. On 22 December, he was replaced by Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin as a new Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak.^[20]
• 22 December  - The 2000 Federal Territory of Putrajaya Agreement was signed at Istana Negara between Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah and Tengku Idris Shah (Regent of Selangor).^[21]

Births

• 27 January – Aznie Azmi – Rapper
• 30 January – Goh Jin Wei  - Badminton player
• 14 March – Pearly Tan  - Badminton player
• 1 April – Danial Asri  - Footballer
• 13 April – Ismail Izzani  - Singer
• 17 April – Tee Kai Wun  - Badminton player
• 16 May – Ng Tze Yong  - Badminton player
• 21 May – Izzy Zulkhazreef  - Actor
• 22 September – Jennis Chia Yee Goon  - Chef
• 2 November – Eoon Qi Xuan  - Badminton player

Deaths

• 6 January – Along — Vocalist of Spoon band and murder victim
• 12 March – Tun Sharifah Rodziah Syed Alwi Barakbah  - Wife of the first Malaysian Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra and First Lady of Malaysia
• 21 March – Zainon Chan – Politburo member of the Malayan Communist Party
• 16 April – Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis  - 3rd Yang di-Pertuan Agong
• 8 August – Normadiah — Actress
• 26 September – Tun Mohd Suffian Hashim  - Lord President of the Supreme Court of Malaysia
• 5 December – Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Mohammed Noor  - Sarawak state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor)

See also

• • 2000 1999 in Malaysia | 2001 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia
• List of Malaysian films of 2000

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liputan Khas - 14/09/1999. ww1.utusan.com.my. ms. 2017-07-18.
2. Web site: Y2K: Krisis komputer tahun 2000. Utusan Online. ms. 2017-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20181229220855/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=1998&dt=0902&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Rencana&pg=ot_04.htm. 2018-12-29. dead.
3. Web site: Kota Kinabalu jadi Bandar Raya. Utusan Online. 2017-07-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20170818093209/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2000&dt=0202&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=Rencana&pg=ot_03.htm. 2017-08-18. dead.
4. Web site: Jenazah Raja Perlis selamat dimakamkan. Utusan Online. ms. 2017-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20180209184002/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2000&dt=0418&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=Dalam_Negeri&pg=hn_01.htm. 2018-02-09. dead.
5. Web site: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin dimasyhur Raja Perlis. Utusan Online. ms. 2017-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20180209183401/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2000&dt=0418&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=fp_02.htm. 2018-02-09. dead.
6. News: 20 Kidnapped From Malaysian Resort Island. Tribune. Thomas Fuller, International Herald. 2000-04-25. The New York Times. 2017-07-18. en-US. 0362-4331.
7. Web site: Wan Aishah akhiri zaman bujang. Utusan Online. ms. 2017-07-18.
8. News: PROFILE-Malaysia's Central Bank Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz. 2011-02-23. Reuters. 2017-07-18.
9. Lim Weng Soong. Malaysian Palm Oil Board - A Merger of PORIM and PORLA. 19 February 2013.
10. Web site: Sukma 2000 dilancar. Utusan Online. ms. 2017-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816203352/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2000&dt=0528&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=Sukan&pg=sp_02.htm. 2016-08-16. dead.
11. News: BN retains Teluk Kemang with reduced majority. 2001-05-04. Malaysiakini. 2017-07-18. en-GB.
12. Web site: BBC News ASIA-PACIFIC Malaysian arms raid cult charged. news.bbc.co.uk. 2017-07-18.
13. Web site: PM lancar Proton Waja. Utusan Online. 2017-07-18.
14. Web site: TiungSAT. www.angkasa.gov.my. 2017-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20190226235620/http://www.angkasa.gov.my/?q=en%2Fnode%2F190. 2019-02-26. dead.
15. News: City development: Shah Alam — A journey through time. 2017-03-02. NST Online. 2017-07-18. en.
16. Web site: Passengers and crew who died in the SQ006 crash. https://web.archive.org/web/20100306135855/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/sq006/deceasedlist.htm. 7 July 2017. 2010-03-06.
17. News: Crash Victims Identified. 7 July 2017. Los Angeles Times.
18. News: Siasat lebih lanjut kes bunuh Dr. Joe Fernandez - Koroner. 7 July 2017. ms.
19. News: Keadilan's Saifuddin for Lunas by-election. 2000-11-20. Malaysiakini. 2017-07-18. en-GB.
20. Web site: Ahmad Zaidi paling lama berkhidmat. Utusan Online. ms. 2017-07-18.
21. Web site: Putrajaya chronology of major events. Utusan Online. 2017-07-18.