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List of events
This article lists important figures and events in
Malaysian public affairs during the year 2006
, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
Standing at 42.7 meter (140.09 ft) high, the
Murugan
statue, is Malaysia's tallest statue, a
Hindu
deity, is located outside
Batu Caves
, near the city of
Kuala Lumpur
,
Malaysia
.
KLIA's Low Cost Carrier Terminal
The new
unified Federal Territory flag
.
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 of MEASAT-3 orbiting over Malaysia
Kota Tinggi
town during
2006 flash floods
.
Incumbent political figures
Federal level
State level
Events
- 29 January – Tallest
Lord Muruga
statue in the world was unveiled at
Batu Caves
,
Selangor
and Sri Batumalai Murugan Temple was opened to pilgrims.
[1]
- 4 February – The Kepong Flyover on the
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2
(MRR2) was closed to traffic for repair works. It reopened in December.
[2]
- 18 February – The
Federal Court
unanimously decided that the
Ampang Jaya Municipal Council
(MPAJ), the
Gombak District Council
(MDG) or any local government had immunity and was protected under Section 95 (2) of the
Road, Drainage and Building Act 1974
from any claim before the
collapse of the Highland Towers
apartment block. Tan Sri
Steve Shim Lip Kiong
, Datuk
Abdul Hamid Mohamad
and Datuk
Arifin Zakaria
decided that MPAJ was not responsible for losses before and after the condominium collapsed.
[3]
- 27 February –
Shah Alam
,
Selangor
's state capital was hit by massive flash floods.
[4]
- 23 March – The
LCCT
, Malaysia's first budget air terminal in
Sepang
,
Selangor
was opened.
[5]
- 12 April – Construction of the new
Tanjung Puteri road bridge
replacing the Malaysian side of
the causeway
was canceled.
[6]
- 23 April –
Tun Ghafar Baba
, former deputy prime minister died. He was laid to rest at
Makam Pahlawan
, near
Masjid Negara
,
Kuala Lumpur
.
[7]
- 20 May –
SUPP
experienced its worst defeat since its establishment in 1959, winning only 11 out of 19 contested seats in the
Sarawak elections
.
[8]
- 31 May – Four people were killed in the
landslide in Kampung Pasir
,
Ulu Klang
,
Selangor
.
[9]
- 20 June –
Petaling Jaya
was granted city status, becoming the second municipality in
Selangor
with city rights after the state capital
Shah Alam
.
[10]
- 25 July –
Tengku Datuk Puteri Kamariah Sultan Abu Bakar
, sister of
Sultan Ahmad Shah
of
Pahang
was stabbed to death by her 21-year-old son Tunku Rizal Shahzan Tunku Ismail.
[11]
- 30 July – Eleven passengers were killed in a
bus crash
near the
Jawi Interchange
,
Penang
, on the
North?South Expressway
.
[12]
- 30 July – The
South Johor Economic Region
(SJER) was announced.
[13]
- August – The Malaysian federal government unveiled plans to build the
Penang Second Bridge
in the
Ninth Malaysia Plan
.
[14]
- 20 August – The
Federal Territory
got a new
flag
and its own
anthem
.
[15]
- 21 August – Malaysian pop singer
Siti Nurhaliza
married Datuk Khalid Mohd Jiwa (Datuk K).
[16]
- 4 September –
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
and
Faiz Khaleed
were announced as the first Malaysian
angkasawan
(
cosmonauts
).
[17]
- 7 September – The remains of two 19th-century Malay warriors
Ngah Ibrahim
and
Laksamana Mohammad Amin Alang Duakap
were brought back from
Singapore
to
Perak
.
[18]
- 22 September –
Suki
won
One in a Million
, a popular singing competition which offers prizes up to
RM
1,000,000.
[19]
- August?October – The
2006 Southeast Asian haze
.
- October –
Mongolian
model,
Altantuya Shaaribuu
was murdered in
Shah Alam
,
Selangor
.
[20]
- 27 October – A six-coach train of the
Ampang Line
LRT overshot the end of the elevated tracks at
Sentul Timur station
, resulting in the front half of the first coach dangling in the air about 25 meters above the ground.
[21]
- November – Heavy showers hit
Peninsular Malaysia
daily for several weeks, unusual even during the rainy season in previous years.
- 4 November – The
South Johor Economic Region
(SJER) was officially named as
Iskandar Development Region.
[22]
- 7 November – The
KLCI
passed the 1,000 mark hurdle, for the first time since 2000.
- 12 November – Ground-breaking ceremony for the new
Penang Second Bridge
.
[23]
- 20 November –
Microchips
worth millions of ringgit were stolen from the Air Cargo Complex in
Batu Maung
,
Penang
.
[24]
- 25 November?1 December – The
2006 FESPIC Games
took place in
Kuala Lumpur
with 3,641 athletes from 46 nations competing. Malaysia rank at fourth place with total 175 medals. This was the last
FESPIC Games
event held before many Asian countries competed in the first
2010 Asian Para Games
.
[25]
[26]
- 7 December – The
Klang Valley
metropolitan area was given
MSC
status by Prime Minister
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
.
[27]
- 7 December –
Cicak Man
, Malaysia's locally produced superhero film, hit the screens.
[28]
- 12 December – The
MEASAT III
was launched by a
Proton rocket
from
Baikonur Cosmodrome
,
Kazakhstan
.
[29]
- 13 December –
Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin
of
Terengganu
replaced
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
(of
Perlis
) as the 13th
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
.
[30]
- 15 December –
Bok House
, a 1920s bungalow along
Jalan Ampang
,
Kuala Lumpur
, was controversially demolished.
[31]
- 19 December – Several parts of
Johor
,
Malacca
and
Pahang
including
Johor Bahru
,
Skudai
,
Segamat
,
Jasin
and
Kota Tinggi
were hit by
flash floods
.
[32]
Births
Deaths
See also
References
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