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Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government (see also Research)
- National Capital: Kuala Lumpur
- Form of government: Constitutional Monarchy: bicameral
Parlimen (parliament) comprising appointed Dewan Negara
(Senate) and elected Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)
- Population: 23,092,940 (July 2003 est.) (42% urban)
- Total area: 329,750 sq. km
- Languages: Bahasa Maleyu (official), English, Chinese dialects
- Religions: Muslim (53%), Buddhist (17.3%), Confucian/Taoist (11.6%), Christian (8.6%), Hindu (7%)
- Per capita GDP: $8,800 p.a. (2002 est.)
- Exports: $95.2 bn (2002 est.); electronic equipment, petroleum and
liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber,
textiles, chemicals
- Literacy: 88.9% (2003 est.)
- Life expectancy: 71.7 years (74.5f, 69.0m)
Sources
- CIA World Factbook
| country data - Malaysia
- U.S. State Department | Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
| country information - Malaysia
- Almanak Malaysia
- background, constitution, ministries, states of Malaysia,
diplomatic relations, and international organisations
- AsiaSource | country profiles maps and statistics - Malaysia - a resource of The Asia Society
- Atlapedia Online | country data - Malaysia
- E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - Malaysia - national anthem, flag, map, people, economy, geography, government, defence,
news and weather
- Nation by Nation | country data - Malaysia - facts, government, geography, history, human rights, people
- World Skip | country data - Malaysia
- Social development
- The Economist | country briefing - Malaysia
- OneWorld.net | country database - Malaysia - news articles selected from around the world
- U.S. Refugee Committee | World Refugee Survey country report - Malaysia
- Human rights
- Human Rights Watch | Human Rights Developments 2000 - Malaysia
- International Lesbian and Gay Association
| Country Survey - Malaysia
| - information for those working to promote lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights
- Governance
- Governments on the WWW - Malaysia - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices,
law courts, embassies, etc
- Political Resources
| - Malaysia
- CIA Library | Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
| - Malaysia
- World Audit.org | national statistics and reports - Malaysia - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency
International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others
- ElectionWorld.org | election results in Malaysia
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(Click on map to go to surrounding locations)
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Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
- Catcha - search engine
- Google Malaysia
- Malysia Central -
directory of Malaysian web sites
- Malaysia Centre - directory of Malaysian
web sites
- mylib - pilot project
of the proposed larger National Digital Library Initiative,
which is intended to promote the economical and efficient delivery
of information and knowledge to all levels of the Malaysian
society
- Road Map of Malaysia
- detailed map of state and federal roads in Peninsular Malaysia
- Webportal Malaysia
- searches, auctions, classifieds, newsfeeds, forums, SMS, and
match-making
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Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
- myGovernment - gateway to the Malaysian
Government services online
- Malaysian Civil Service
Link - official gateway to Malaysian Public Service information
and online services
- Governments on the WWW - Malaysia - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices,
law courts, embassies, etc
- Legislature
- Parlimen Malaysia
(Malaysian Parliament)
- Ministries
- Prime Minister's Office
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Culture, Arts And Tourism (Kementerian Kebudayaan, Kesenian & Pelancongan)
- Ministry of Defence (Kementerian Pertahanan)
- Ministry of Domestic Trade & Consumer Affairs (Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri Dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna)
- Ministry of Entrepeneur Development (Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan)
- Ministry of Education (Kementerian Pendidikan)
- Ministry of Energy, Communications and Multimedia
- Ministry of Finance (Treasury Malaysia)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Health
(Kementerian Kesihatan)
- Ministry of Home Affairs
- Ministry of Human Resources
- Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
- Ministry of Land and Co-operative Development
- Ministry of Primary Industries
- Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment
(MOSTE)
- Ministry of Transport
- Ministry of Works
- Ministry of Youth and Sports
- Departments
- Department of Immigration (Jabatan Imigresen)
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Environment
- Department of Civil Aviation
- Department of Fisheries, Sabah
- Department of Forestry
Peninsular Malaysia (FDPM)
- Department of Immigration (Jabatan
Imigresen)
- Department of Information (Jabatan Penerangan)
- Department of National Unity (Jabatan Perpaduan Negara)
- Department of Prisons (Jabatan Penjara)
- Department of Public Health (Kementerian Kesihatan)
- Department of Public Works
- Department of Road Transport
- Department of Social Welfare (Kementerian Perpaduan Negara dan Pembangunan Masyarakat )
- Department of Standards Malaysia
(DSM) - government body responsible for standardization
and accreditation activities in Malaysia
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Surveying & Mapping (Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan)
- Department of Veterinary Services (Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan)
- Fire and Rescue Department (Kepuasan Anda Keutamaan Kami)
- Marine Department of Peninsular Malaysia (Jabatan Laut Semenanjung Malaysia)
- Marine Department of Sabah (Jabatan Laut Sabah)
- Marine Department Sarawak (Jabatan Laut Sarawak)
- Public Service Department
- Judiciary
- Malaysia Courts System (Pendaftar
Mahkamah Persekutuan) - information on members, chief registrar's,
court library, jurisdiction, addresses and speeches
- Agencies & Bureaus
- Anti-Corruption Agency (Bada Pencegah Rasuah)
- Construction Industry Development Board (Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan)
- Armed Forces of Malaysia (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia)
- Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia)
- Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister's Department
- Executive Intelligence Review
- Malaysian Cocoa Board
- Malaysia Intellectual
Property Corporation (MIPC) - government body responsible
for the development and management of the intellectual property
system in Malaysia
- Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB)
- MIMOS Berhad - Information
Communication Technology (ICT) R&D (Research & Development)
organisation that functions as an advisor to the Malaysian Government
on technologies, policies and strategies relating to ICT development
- National Economic Action Council - advises Cabinet on the economic crisis
- National Productivity Corporation
(NPC) - statutory body under the Ministry of International
Trade and Industry responsible for providing training, promotion,
consultation and research services in related productivity and
quality areas
- Pos Malaysia - Malaysian
postal services
- Royal Malaysian Police
Force (Polis Diraja Malaysia)
- State Governments
- State Government of Johor (Kerajaan Johor)
- State Government of Kedah (Kerajaan Kedah)
- State Government of Kelantan (Kerajaan Kelantan)
- State Government of Melaka (Kerajaan Melaka)
- State Government of Pahang (Kerajaan Pahang)
- State Government of Penang (Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang)
- State Government of Perak (Kerajaan Negeri Perak)
- State Government of Perlis (Kerajaan Perlis)
- State Government of Sabah (Kerajaan Sabah)
- State Government of Sarawak (Kerajaan Sarawak)
- State Government of Selangor (Kerajaan Selangor)
- State Government of Terengganu (Kerajaan Terengganu)
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Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
- Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) Malasia Office (Kuala Lumpur) - institution
responsible for implementing Japanese government-sponsored technical
cooperation programs in Malaysia
- Saksi - Pusat Jurnalisme Independen (Centre for Independent Journalism)
- Southbound Sdn. Bhd (Penang) - publishers and communicators on issues of development
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Office - Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei
- Environment
- CABI International (SE Asia) - a leading global not-for-profit organisation specialising in sustainable solutions for agricultural and
environmental problems
- Malaysian Nature Society
(MNS) (Kuala Lumpur) - scientific and non-government
organisation in Malaysia dedicated to nature conservation and
appreciation
- Biotechnology Information
Centre Malaysia - collaboration between the International
Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA),
Monash University Malaysia (MUM) and the Malaysian Biotechnology
Information Centre (MABIC), aimed at providing Malaysians with
a credible source of information on biotechnology, including
the use of genetically modified crops in countries around the
world
- Governance
- Transparency International
(TI) Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) - independent non-profit, non-political,
and non-partisan NGO that promotes integrity in national life
by raising the levels of awareness and understanding of the
damaging effects of corruption
- Health
- Malaysian Medical Association
(MMA) (Kuala Lumpur) - national association for medical
doctors
- Human Rights
- Aliran Kesedaran Negara (ALIRAN) - Malaysia's first multi-ethnic reform movement and the nation's oldest human rights group
- Human Rights Commission
of Malaysia (Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia) - body
established by the Malaysian government to promote awareness
of and provide education in relation to human rights, to advise
and assist it in formulating legislation and administrative
directives and procedures and recommend the necessary measures
to be taken, and to inquire into complaints regarding infringement
of human rights
- Suaram - struggling for Human Rights in Malaysia
- Humanitarian
- Malaysian Red Crescent
Society (MRCS) (Kuala Lumpur) - member of the International
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, which provides humanitarian
and welfare services to the community at large
- Malaysian Medical Relief
Society (Mercy Malaysia) (Ampang, Selangor) - volunteer
relief organization providing medical and humanitarian services
locally and abroad
- Yayasan Salam Malaysia (SALAM) (Petaling
Jaya, Selangor) - independent, non-profit organisation formed
to promote a spirit of volunteer service among Malaysians and
to provide opportunities for them to work as volunteers with
communities in need at home and abroad, organising volunteer
service programmes in various fields, focusing particularly
on education, health and community development work
- Labour
- Malaysian Trade Union
Congress (MTUC) (Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia) - federation
of trade unions representing all major industries and sectors
with approximately 500,000 members
- National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP)
- Law
- Bar Council of Malaysia
- LawNet (Malaysia's Virtual
Law Library) - database of updated Malaysian laws, including
Acts of Parliament, published by the national printer
- Politics
- Free Anwar Campaign - group campigning to free former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
- Malaysian Chinese Association
(MCA) - pursues unity and harmony in multi racial Malaysia
- Malaysian Democracy - independent statements, reports and articles
- Malaysian Indian Congress
(MIC)
- Parti Gerakan Rakyat
Malaysia - committed to the pursuit of a non-ethnic approach
as the basis of its political struggle, be it in politics, economics,
education and culture
- Women's Issues
- Federation of Family
Planning Associations, Malaysia (FFPAM) - not-for-profit
organization which aims to educate Malaysians in family planning
and responsible parenthood, and promote and support effective
family planning and reproductive health services
- National Association of Women
Enterpreneurs of Malaysia (NAWEM) (Kuala Lumpur) - established
with the purpose of harnessing the capabilities and resources
of women entrepreneurs for the encouragement and enhancement
of women's role in business
- Sisters In Islam
(SIS) (Petaling Jaya, Selangor) - group of Muslim professional
women committed to promoting the rights of women within the
framework of Islam
- Women's Aid Organisation
of Malaysia (WAO) (Petaling Jaya, Selangor) - independent,
non-religious, non-governmental organisation based in Malaysia,
committed to confronting violence against women
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Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies
- Communities
- American Association of
Malaysia (AAM) - nonprofit organization of Americans and
persons of other nationalities with ties to the American community,
whose primary purpose is to serve as a means for members to
keep in touch with American ideals, while observing many American
traditions
- Expat.Com.My - information
center for expatriates living in Malaysia
- Swiss Club Malaysia
- organises events, activities, news updates, and provides information
about Malaysia, for swiss nationals
- Education
- British Council
Malaysia - promotes educational and cultural relations between
UK and Malaysia
- GRADUAN (Dataran
Palma) - career and employment resource for Malaysian fresh
graduates, offeringt information and advice on careers and employment,
particularly in the private sector in Malaysia
- Malaysian Examinations
Council (MPM) (Majlis Peperiksaan Malaysia)
- Malaysian Students
Network Community (MyStudent Net) - online resources and
information for students
- Malaysia Maritime Academy
(ALAM) (Melaka) - maritime education and training institution
which provides courses leading to academic degrees and professional
maritime qualifications, together with courses for ancillary
shipping, safety and operations and shipping business
- Education - Schools
- International School
of Kuala Lumpur - provides education for expatriate children
residing with families in Kuala Lumpur
- Education - Universities
- Curtin University of
Technology Sarawak Campus - branch campus of Curtin University,
Western Australia
- International Group of
Colleges (INTI) - aims to provide world-class quality education,
through close collaboration with distinguished overseas partner
universities, and delivering a college environment that promotes
the learning process
- INTI College Malaysia
(Main Campus)
- INTI College Subang
Jaya
- INTI International
College Penang
- INTI College Sarawak
- INTI College
Sabah
- International Islamic University
(IIU) (Kuala Lumpur)
- Kolej Universiti Islam
Malaysia (KUIM) (Kuala Lumpur)
- Malaysia University of
Science and Technology (MUST) (Pataling Jaya, Selangor)
- collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT)
- Monash University Malaysia
- joint-venture between Monash University in Australia and the
Sunway operating as a private foreign university
- Multimedia University (MMU)
(Selangor)
- SIT International College
(Klang, Selangor)
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
(UKM) (Selangor)
- Universiti Malaya (UM)
(Kuala Lumpur)
- Universiti Malaysia Sabah
(UMS) (Kota Kinabalu)
- Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
(UNIMAS) (Kota Samarahan)
- University of
Nottingham Malaysia Campus (Kuala Lumpur)
- Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
(Penang)
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
(UTM) (Johor)
- Universiti Tenaga Nasional
(UTN) (Kajang, Selangor)
- Universiti Tun Abdul
Razak (Kelana Jaya, Selangor)
- Universiti Utara Malaysia
(UUM) (Kedah)
- Professional Associations
- Academy of Sciences
Malaysia (ASM) (Kuala Lumpur) - aims to promote and foster
the development of science, engineering and technology, to provide
a forum for the interchange of ideas among scientists, engineers
and technologies, and to promote national awareness, understanding
and appreciation of the role of science, engineering and technology
in human progress
- Association of Consulting
Engineers Malaysia (ACEM) (Kuala Lumpur)- professional consulting
engineering association
- Bar Council of Malaysia
- open to those who are eighteen years of age, of good character,
and either a Federal citizen or a permanent resident of Malaysia,
and who have satisfactorily served in Malaysia the prescribed
period of pupillage for qualified persons, and who have passed
or are exempted from the Bahasa Malaysia Qualifying Examination
conducted by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board of Malaysia
- Institution of Engineers
Malaysia (IEM) (Petaling Jaya, Selangor) - professional
learned society serving more than 15,000 members in Malaysia
and overseas, and the qualifying body for professional engineers
in Malaysia
- Institution of Surveyors
Malaysia (ISM) - professional institution representing the
surveying profession in Malaysia
- Librarians Association
of Malaysia (PPM) (Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia) - non-profit
organisation of professionals committed to the creation of an
information-rich knowledge-based civil society, through the
promotion of information equity, lifelong and independent learning,
and enhancement of library and information professionals
- Malaysian Institute of
Accountants (MIA) (Kuala Lumpur) - authoritative body regulating
the accounting profession in Malaysia
- Malaysian Institute of
Architects (PAM) (Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia)
- Malaysian Institute of
Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) - professional association
whose objectives are to advance the theory and practice of accountancy
in all its aspects and to recruit, educate, train and assess
by means of examination or otherwise a body of members skilled
in these
- Malaysian Institute
of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA) - professional
body affiliated to the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators (ICSA)
- Malaysian Institute of
Planners (Petaling Jaya, Selangor)
- Malaysian Invention &
Design Society (MINDS) (Petaling Jaya, Selangor) - professional
body representing individuals, universities and companies who
are committed to excellence in invention, creativity, innovation
and Industrial design
- Malaysian Scientific Association
(MSA) (Persatuan Ahli-Ahli Sains Malaysia) (Petaling Jaya,
Selangor) - dedicated to the promotion and advancement of science
and technology in Malaysia
- Public Health & Safety
- Fire and Rescue Department (Kepuasan Anda Keutamaan Kami)
- Malaysian Medical Association
(MMA) (Kuala Lumpur) - national association for medical
doctors
- Malaysian Dental Association
(MDA) - promotes the science and art of dentistry
- Nutrition Society
of Malaysia (NSM) - aims to promote healthy nutrition in
the community, in support of the Government efforts to combat
the increase in diet-related chronic diseases in the country
(eg obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension
and certain cancers)
- Royal Malaysian Police
Force (Polis Diraja Malaysia)
- Religions & Beliefs
- Buddhist Missionary Society
Malaysia
- Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM)
(Value-Creation Society) - organisation whose mission is to
realize the happiness of individuals, national prosperity
and peace among humankind, based on the practice of Nichiren
Daishonin's Buddhist philosophy of humanism, compassion and
respect for the sanctity of life
- Youth & Children
- Malaysian Youth Council
(MBM) (Majlis Belia Malaysia) - national umbrella body of
youth organisations in Malaysia which promotes responsibility,
independence, volunteerism and patriotism as youths are the
protagonists towards the progress and prosperity of the people,
religion and nation
- Missing Children Website
- Missing Kids and Exploited Children Section of The Royal Malaysia
Police (RMP) serves as the the focal point in recovering missing
children via extending its assistance to school and communities
in Malaysia
- Scouts Association of
Malaysia (Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia)
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