1989 in Malaysia

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1989 in Malaysia
32 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

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
• 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 attitude and crashing 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 crews were killed.
• March - The Malaysian no.1 singer, Sudirman Arshad won the title " Best Performer" in Asia Music Award 1989 contest at Royal Albert Hall, London.
• 26 April - Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak is installed as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
• May - The Amanah Saham Bumiputra (ASB) scheme is launched.
• 15 April - Malacca Town become as the historical city and also a sister cities of Kuala Lumpur.
• June - Proton Knight, the first Rally, Race, Research (R3) sports car is launched at Johor Circuit.
• 1 June – TV3 celebrates its 5th anniversary.
• 18-24 October - The eleventeenth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is held in Kuala Lumpur.
• 22 September - Kedah Madrasah fire inferno, About 27 of students were killed including school girls.
• 2 December - The insurgency war against Communist terrorist has over and the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) ceased fire. The peace treaty signed at Hat Yai, Thailand. MCP is officially dissolved.
• 22 December - The 1989 Sumatra Earthquake^{[citation needed]}, Malaysia also affected in earthquake but no damages and casualties had reported.

National Day

Main theme

Bersatu

Sports

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

Births

• Nadiah Amirah - Malaysian student who holds the record of most 1As scored in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia 2006
• Daniel Bego - Malaysian swimmer
• Tengku Fairuz Khalisah Tuan Ibrahim - grand niece of Tunku Najihah

Deaths

• Ibu Zain — Malay woman political, nationalist and educational
• S Sudarmaji — Malay film director

See also

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