2006 in Malaysia 5178440 215797871 2008-05-29T19:29:11Z RussBot 279219 Robot-assisted fix [[WP:DPL|links to disambiguation page]] Mongolian '''2006 in Malaysia''' <br> '''49 years of the nationhood''' [[Image: MRR2.jpg|thumb|200px|The congestion at Kepong Flyover slip roads when the flyover is closed to the traffic]] [[Image:Tv9logo.jpg|100px|thumb|right|[[TV9]] logo.]] <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:sjerlogo.gif|200px|thumb|right|The [[Iskandar Development Region]] logo]] --> [[Image:Flag of the Federal Territory - Malaysia.png|230px|thumb|right|The new [[Flag of Federal Territory|unified Federal Territory flag]].]] [[Image:HazyKlFromPNBDarbyParkHafiz.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The business district of Kuala Lumpur in the evening of [[September 29]], [[2006]] during [[2006 Southeast Asian haze]]. [[Menara Kuala Lumpur]] was barely visible. The average API for that day was in between 70 and 80.]] [[Image:MEASAT-3 Boeing 601.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Image of MEASAT-3 orbiting over Malaysia]] [[Image:Kt flood.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Kota Tinggi]] town during [[2006 Malaysian floods|2006 flash floods]].]] ==Incumbents== ===Federal level=== *[[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]]: **[[Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin]] (until [[12 December]]) **[[Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin]] (from [[13 December]]) *[[Raja Permaisuri Agong]]: **[[Tuanku Fauziah]] (until [[12 December]]) **[[Sultanah Nur Zahirah]] (from [[13 December]]) *[[Prime Minister of Malaysia|Prime Minister]]: [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi|Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]] *[[Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia|Deputy Prime Minister]]: [[Najib Tun Razak|Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak]] ===State level=== *[[Sultan of Johor]]: [[Sultan Iskandar]] *[[Sultan]] of [[Kedah]]: [[Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah]] (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong) *[[Sultan]] of [[Kelantan]]: [[Sultan Yahya Petra]] *[[Raja]] of [[Perlis]]: [[Tuanku Syed Faizuddin]] (Regent until [[12 December]]) *[[Sultan of Perak]]: [[Sultan Azlan Shah]] *[[Sultan]] of [[Pahang]]: [[Sultan Ahmad Shah]] *[[Sultan of Selangor]]: [[Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah]] *[[Sultan]] of [[Terengganu]]: [[Tengku Muhammad Ismail]] (Regent from [[13 December]]) *[[Yang di-Pertuan Besar]] of [[Negeri Sembilan]]: [[Tuanku Jaafar]] *[[Yang di-Pertua Negeri]] (Governor) of [[Penang]]: [[Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas]] *[[Yang di-Pertua Negeri]] (Governor) of [[Malacca]]: [[Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob]] *[[Yang di-Pertua Negeri]] (Governor) of [[Sarawak]]: [[Tun Abang Mohammad Salahuddin]] *[[Yang di-Pertua Negeri]] (Governor) of [[Sabah]]: [[Tun Ahmad Shah Abdullah]] ==Events== ===January=== ===February=== *[[4 February]] - The Kepong Flyover on the [[Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2]] (MRR2) is closed to traffic for repairing works and reopened to traffic on [[8 December]] [[2006]]. ===March=== *[[2 March]] - [[Shah Alam]], [[Selangor]]'s state capital was hit by massive flash floods. *[[11 March]] - The [[Low Cost Carrier Terminal]] (LCCT) at [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]] (KLIA) in [[Sepang]], [[Selangor]]. Malaysia's first budget air terminal is officially opened. ===April=== *[[1 April]] - The [[Ninth Malaysia Plan]] (2006-2010) was launched. *[[12 April]] - Construction of the new [[Southern Integrated Gateway|Tanjung Puteri road bridge]] replacing the Malaysian side of [[Johor Causeway|causeway]] is canceled. *[[22 April]] - [[TV9 (Malaysia)|TV9]], Malaysia's sixth [[free-to-air]] station owned by [[Media Prima Berhad|Media Prima]] was launched, replacing [[Channel 9 (Malaysia)|Channel 9]] which ceased transmissions in [[2005]]. *[[23 April]] - [[Ghafar Baba|Tun Ghafar Baba]], former deputy prime minister dies. He was laid to rest at [[Makam Pahlawan]], near [[Masjid Negara]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]. ===May=== *[[31 May]] - Four people were killed in the [[2006 Kampung Pasir landslides|landslides]] at Kampung Pasir, Ulu Klang, Selangor. *[[17 May]] - [[Umar Bin Abd Aziz]], the first Malaysian to play for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal FC]] at [[2006 UEFA Champions League Final|2006 UEFA Champions League Final]] versus [[Barcelona F.C.|Barcelona FC]]. He was 13 years old then.Barcelona won 2-1. He is the first and youngest to play at [[Premier League|Barclays Premiership]], thus set two records at [[Malaysian Book of Records]]. Currently he is schooling at class 3P7, [[SMK Cochrane|SMK Cochrane Perkasa]], resigned from Arsenal FC and played for his school soccer team. ===June=== *[[20 June]] - [[Petaling Jaya]] achieved city status. ===July=== *[[30 July]] - 11 passengers were killed in the [[2006 Nibong Tebal bus crash]] on the [[North-South Expressway, Malaysia|North-South Expressway]] near [[Jawi Interchange]], [[Penang]]. *[[30 July]] - [[Johor Bahru]] become as the second metropolitan city after [[Kuala Lumpur]]. The [[South Johor Economic Region]] (SJER) was established. *[[August]] - The Malaysian federal government plans to build the [[Penang Second Bridge]] in the [[Ninth Malaysia Plan]]. ===August=== *[[12 August]] - The official flag and anthem for [[Federal Territory]] was launched. *[[21 August]] - Malaysian pop singer [[Siti Nurhaliza]] marries Datuk Khalid Mohd Jiwa (Datuk K). ===September=== *[[7 September]] - The body remains of two 19th century Malay warriors [[Kota Ngah Ibrahim|Ngah Ibrahim]] and [[Laksamana Mohammad Amin Alang Duakap]] were brought back from [[Singapore]] to [[Perak]]. *[[22 September]] - [[Suki (Low Sook Yee)|Suki]] wins [[One in a Million (TV series)|One in A Million]], a popular singing competition which offers [[Malaysian Ringgit|RM]] 1,000,000. *[[August]]-[[October]] - The [[2006 Southeast Asian haze]]. Malaysia was also affected in this phenomenon. ===October=== *[[October]] - [[Mongolia]]n model, [[Altantuya Shaaribuu]] was murdered in [[Shah Alam]], [[Selangor]]. *[[27 October]] - [[Train wreck|A six-coach LRT train which came in from Ampang overshoots the end of the elevated tracks at Sentul Timur station]], resulting in the front half of the first coach dangling in the air about 25m above the ground. ===November=== *[[November]] - Heavy showers hit [[Peninsular Malaysia]] continuously every day for several weeks. This was unusually heavy even for the Malaysian rainy season. *[[4 November]] - The [[South Johor Economic Region]] (SJER) was officially named as '''Iskandar Development Region''' *[[7 November]] - The [[Bursa Malaysia|KLCI]] passes the 1,000 mark hurdle. It was the first time since [[2000]] that the KLCI has ever done so. *[[12 November]] - The groundbreaking ceremony for the new [[Penang Second Bridge]] in [[Penang]]. *[[20 November]] - A [[microchips]] worth millions of ringgit were stolen from the Air Cargo Complex in [[Batu Maung]], [[Penang]]. ===December=== *[[7 December]] - The [[Klang Valley]] metropolitan area has given its [[Multimedia Super Corridor]] (MSC) status area by the Prime Minister [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]]. *[[7 December]] - "[[Cicak Man]]", the famous super hero film in Malaysia was now showing at cinema for the first time. *[[12 December]] - [[Measat 3|MEASAT III]] is launched by [[Proton rocket]] from [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]], [[Kazakhstan]]. *[[13 December]] - [[Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin]] of [[Terengganu]] replaces [[Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin]] as the 13th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]]. *[[19 December]] - Several parts of [[Johor]], [[Malacca]] and [[Pahang]] including [[Johor Bahru]], [[Skudai]], [[Segamat]], [[Jasin]] and [[Kota Tinggi]] were hit by [[2006 Malaysian floods|flash floods]]. *[[21 December]] - The controversial issues about the demolition of the [[Bok House]] as the heritage building. ==National Day== <!--[[Image:2000 malaysia merdeka logo.gif|right]] commenting out image about to be deleted--> ===Main theme=== '''Keranamu Malaysia''' (Misi Nasional Penjana Wawasan) ===National Day Parade=== *[[Kuching]], [[Sarawak]] ==Sports== *KL06 [[FESPIC]] Games ==Births== *[[Muhammad Naufal Firdaus bin Shahrul Nizam]] &mdash; Malaysian- Bandar Setia Alam ==Deaths== *[[Rosiah Chik]] &mdash; Malay singer *[[Fadzil Ahmad]] &mdash; King of Gambus Malaysia *[[S. Jibeng]] &mdash; Malay singer *[[R. Letchumanan]] &mdash; Malaysian strongest man *[[Tan Sri Ahmad Noordin Zakaria]] &mdash; Former Auditor-General *[[Dato' Dr S.K. Dharmalingam]] &mdash; First oncologist and president of the [[National Cancer Society Malaysia]] (NCSM) *[[Tun Abdullah Salleh]] &mdash; Former Secretary Chief and founder of the [[Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia]] (UKM) *[[Puan Sri Rosaline Yeoh]] &mdash; Former model, Hong Kong television personality and wife of the [[YTL Corporation]] chairman Tan Sri [[Francis Yeoh]] *[[Hani Mohsin]] &mdash; Celebrity and the host of the TV gameshow [[Wheel of Fortune in different countries|Wheel of Fortune]] Malaysia version ''Roda Impian'' *[[Rashid Maidin]] &mdash; Senior leader of the [[Communist Party of Malaya]] (CPM) *[[Ven. K Sri Dhammananda]] formerly known as Samuel Dass &mdash; Malaysian Buddhist chief monk *[[Tan Sri Dr B.C. Sekhtar]] &mdash; Rubber research icon *[[Khir Johari|Tan Sri Mohamed Khir Johari]] &mdash; Former [[Ministry of Education (Malaysia)|Minister of Education]] *[[Norsehah Abu Bakar]] (Seha) &mdash; Host of the music TV show ''Muzik TV'' *[[Ali Khan Shamsudin]] &mdash; Malaysian "Snake King" *[[Tengku Paris Tengku Razlan]] &mdash; state assemblymen for [[Batu Talam]], [[Pahang]]. == See also == * [[2006]] * [[2005 in Malaysia]] | [[2007 in Malaysia]] * [[History of Malaysia]] {{Year in Malaysia}} [[Category:2006 in Malaysia| ]]