1994 in Malaysia

1994 in Malaysia
37 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
**Sultan Azlan Shah (until 25 April)
**Tuanku Jaafar (from 26 April)
*Raja Permaisuri Agong:
**Tuanku Bainun (until 25 April)
**Tuanku Najihah (from 26 April)
*Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
*Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Anwar Ibrahim

tate 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: Raja Nazrin Shah (Regent until 25 April)
*Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
*Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
*Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
*Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tengku Naquiddin (Regent from 26 April)
*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 Said Keruak (Until 31 December)

Events

*1 January - Visit Malaysia Year 1994 officially began.
*1 January - Johor Bahru become a city.
*15 January - Tun Mohamed Haniff Omar retired, after 20 years, as the Inspector General of Police.
*January - Construction of the Bakun Dam in Sarawak began.
*February - Proton Saga Iswara are now used as taxicabs in Kuala Lumpur, replacing Isuzu taxicabs.
*7 February - Official opening of the Planetarium Negara (National Planetarium) in Kuala Lumpur.
*26 April - Tuanku Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan is elected as Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
*May - The Perodua Kancil, Malaysia's first compact cars, are launched.
*June - The pilling works for the Petronas Twin Towers are completed.
*11 July - The Shah Alam Stadium, the biggest stadium in Malaysia, opens.
*August - Proton Satria, Malaysia's hatchback cars are launched.
*September - The Rakan Muda youth program is launched.
*8 September - All sections of North-South Expressway are opened to traffic.
*18 October - Mega TV, Malaysia's first subscription-based television channel, is launched.
*21 October - The Al-Arqam Islamic religious movement was banned by the federal government. More than 5 Al-Arqam members including Ashaari Mohammad (leader of movement) were arrest under Internal Security Act (ISA) in the main camp at Kampung Sungai Penchala, Kuala Lumpur.
*November - Puspakom, Malaysia's first computerized vehicle test centre, is introduced.
*12 November - The Tunku Abdul Rahman Memorial is officialy opened.
*December - Internet was introduced in Malaysia for the first time.

National Day

Main theme

Nilai Murni Jayakan Wawasan

ports

Births

Deaths

*Zain Mahmood — Director of Malay film "Fenomena"
*Tan Sri Mubin Sheppard — Malaysian cultural, heritage and historians
*Tunku Osman Tunku Mohammad Jewa — First Malaysian armed forces general

See also

* 1994
* 1993 in Malaysia | 1995 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia