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1998 in Malaysia
41 years of the nationhood
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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:
- 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 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 Sakaran Dandai
Events
- 7 January - The National Economic Action Council (NEAC) is established.
- February - The El Nino phenomenon begins.
- February-April - 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 (KLIA) in Sepang is opened as the main international airport in Malaysia replaced Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (LTSAAS) in Subang.
- 1 July - The Kuala Lumpur mini-bus (Bas Mini) service was officially terminated.
- 11 July - The National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil 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 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
Sports
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
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