Malaysia

MALAYSIA

By: Ashley Pitchford

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Malaysia

Geography

Geography 2

Numbers 2

Football (Soccer)

Holidays

Random Facts #2

Random Facts #1

Military Sports

BadmintonBowling

Alphabet

Numbers1-10

Flag

Leaders

Economy Religion

Malay

GEOGRAPHY

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• Location: Southeast tip of Asia

• Neighbors: Thailand, Bruni, and Indonesia

• Total Area: 127,317 mi 2

• Land Area: 126,854 mi2

GEOGRAPHY #2

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• Central Mountain Range runs north to south through peninsula.

• West coast is marshy.

• East coast is sandy.

• East Malaysia has a wide swampy coastal plain, with interior jungles and mountains.

West Malaysia

• West Malaysia is also called Peninsular Malaysia or Malaya.

• West Malaysia is mostly covered by tropical jungle.

• West coast is marshy

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PEOPLE

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• Population: 25,715,819

• Ethnic Groups: 50% Malay, 24% Chinese, 11% indigenous, and 7% Indian

• Languages: Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese dialects, Panjabi, Thai

Malay

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• 50% of Malaysia is Malay.

• Ethnic Group

• The Malay Language is a member of the Austronesian family of languages.

RELIGION

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• Muslim (60%) • Buddhist (19%) • Christian (9%) • Hindu (6%)• Taoist & Confucianist (2.6%)

ECONOMY

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• Major Trading Partners- Singapore, Japan, USA

• Major Products / Industries- Tin, rubber, palm oil, timber, oil, textiles and electronics

• In 2007 Malaysia was the 3rd largest economy in Southeast Asia

• In 2007 it was also the 29th largest economy in the world.

LEADERS Prime Minister- Najib Tun Razak

Najib Tun Razak said “ I wish to call upon all leaders, to combine resources, to overcome imbalances, to strengthen cohesion and complete as one dream, one people and one nation, That’s 1Malaysia.”

Alphabet of Malaysia

A-a M-em Y-yeB-Be N-en Z-zetC-ce O-OD-de P-peE-e Q-kiF-ef R-erG-ge S-esH-ha T-teI-I U-uJ-je V-fe K-ke W-weL-el X-iks

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Numbers 1-10

• 0 Sifar (COSS-song) • 1 satu• 2 dua • 3 tiga• 4 empat• 5 lima• 6 enam• 7 tujuh • 8 lapan • 9 sembilan • 10 sepuluh Back Back

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Malaysia’s Flag

• The Malaysian flag was adopted on Sept 16,1963. • The flag was designed by Mohamed Hamzah• A 29-year old.

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Random Facts #1

• Malaysia consists of 13 states and 3 federal territories

• Malaysia is divided into two main regions, West Malaysia (Peninsular) and East Malaysia (Borneo Island).

• The highest point in Malaysia is formed by Mount Kinabalu (4,100 m).

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Random Facts #2• The longest King Cobra in the world, measuring 5.54m,

was captured alive in Port Dickson, in April 1937.

• Clearwater Cave of Malaysia is the longest cave in Southeast Asia, stretching over 100 km.

• The largest undivided leaf in the world, Alocasia macrorrhiza, is found in Sabah.

• The largest flower of the world, Rafflesia, is found in the rainforest of Malaysia.

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Holidays• 1 Jan New Year's Day. • 1 Feb Federal Territory Day.

• 14 Feb Chinese New Year.

• 26 Feb Mawlid al-Nabi, (Birth of Prophet Muhammad).

• 28 Apr Wesak Day (Birth of Buddha).

• 1 May Labour Day.

• 5 Jun King's Birthday.

• 31 Aug Merdeka Day (National Day).

• 10 Sep Hari Raya Puasa (End of Ramadan).

• 5 Nov Deepavali.

• 16 Nov - 17 Nov Hari Raya Qurban (Feast of the Sacrifice).

• 7 Dec Awal Muharram (Islamic New Year).

• • 25 Dec Christmas

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Sports• 1) Badminton

• 2) Bowling

• 3) Football (Soccer)

• 4) Sepak Raga (Sepaktakraw)-

Sepak Raga means to kick Rattan Ball

• 5) Kite Flying

• 6) Swimming

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Badminton

• The history of badminton shows that it had its roots in an old children’s game in England known as battledore and shuttlecock.

• The International Badminton Federation (IBF) that was started in

1934 now has more than 130 member countries.

• Badminton is for fun not that much effort in required.

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Bowling

• Bowling was introduced to Malaysia in 1961.

• In 1970 they had their first overseas success when they won 8 out of 9 gold medals in Hong Kong.

• Bowling is one of the most played sports in Malaysia

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Football (Soccer)

• The national team of Malaysia is nicknamed the Tigers, because the tiger is a national symbol of Malaysia.

• Their main rivals are Singapore (which are nicknamed the Lions) and Indonesia.

• Their first international game they lost.

Korea Republic 3 - Malaysia 2

Military

• Military Branches:• Malaysian Armed Forces

(Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM)• Malaysian Army

(Tentera Darat Malaysia), • Royal Malaysian Navy

(Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM),• Royal Malaysian Air Force

(Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM) (2010)

• http://www.omniglot.com/writing/malay.htm

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_Armed_Forces

• 2010 Almanac

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia-national-footbal-team

• http://www.abf-online.org/results/12thasbc.htm

• http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/159/public_holidays/South-East-Asia/Malaysia.html

• http://www.kgomez.com/malaysia/

• http://www.badminton-information.com/