1989 in Malaysia

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This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1989, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.

Incumbent political figures

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 Mohamad
• Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Ghafar Baba
• Lord President: Abdul Hamid Omar

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 was officially opened.
• 1 February – The Malaysian National Speed Limit was enforced.
• 19 February – A Boeing 747 owned by Flying Tiger Line^[1] 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 was launched at Batu Tiga Circuit, Shah Alam.
• 19 March – Malaysian number one singer, Sudirman Arshad won the title " Best Performer" in the 1989 Salem Asian Music Awards at Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom.
• 10 April – A bomb detonated at the Dayabumi Complex, Kuala Lumpur.^[2]
• 26 April – Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak was elected as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
• 15 April – Malacca Town became a historical city and also a sister city of Kuala Lumpur.
• 15 May – Mahathir Mohamad left for a two-veek official trip to the United States and Britain during which he met with US President George H. W. Bush and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
• 20–31 August – The Kuala Lumpur 1989, XV Southeast Asian Games.
• 22 September – Around 27 students, mostly schoolgirls were killed in the Madrasah fire tragedy in Guar Chempedak, Kedah.
• 18^[3]–24 October – The 11th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was held in Kuala Lumpur.
• 2 December – The Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89) ended and the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) agreed to a ceasefire. The peace agreement was signed at Hat Yai, Thailand by the CPM, and the Malaysian and Thai governments. CPM was officially dissolved.

Births

• 17 January – Aiman Hakim Ridza – Singer and actor
• 29 January – Ong Jian Guo – Badminton player
• 10 February – Neelofa – Actress and television host
• 9 June – Faliq Auri – Saxophone player
• 18 September – Daniel Bego – Swimmer

Deaths

• 17 February – S. Kadarisman – Malay actor (born 1922)
• 2 April – Ibu Zain – Malay politician, nationalist and independence campaigner (born 1903)
• 23 April – S. Sudarmaji – Malay film director (born 1923)
• 31 May – Chang Ling-Yun – Malaysian Communist Politician (born 1921)
• 12 July – Tunku Abdul Rahman Sultan Ismail – Tunku Aris Bendahara of Johor (born 1933)

See also

• 1989
• 1988 in Malaysia | 1990 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia

References