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List of events
The
Modenas Kriss .
The
Light Rail Transit System (Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan) (STAR LRT)
Kuala Lumpur Tower.
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1996 , together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
Incumbent political figures
Federal level
State level
Events
6 January – A landslide blocked the
North–South Expressway (NSE) near
Gua Tempurung ,
Perak .
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12 January – The first Malaysian satellite
MEASAT 1 was launched by the
Ariane rocket from
Kourou ,
French Guiana .
12 January – Seven year-old Tin Song Sheng reported missing while waiting for the bus at the Taman Rasah Chinese Primary School in Taman Melawati, Shah Alam, Selangor returned home.
17 January – Twenty-four people, seven of them policemen, were injured in rioting at the
Sungai Besi camp for
Vietnamese illegal immigrants.
February –
First
Le Tour de Langkawi cycling tour.
6 February – The ground-breaking ceremony of the
PUTRA-LRT underground rail tunnel from
Pasar Seni to
Ampang Park .
12 February – The
Multimedia Super Corridor was established.
2 March – The body of the
Malay
Sarawakian nationalist
Rosli Dhobie was brought back from
Kuching Central Prison to
Sibu .
6 March – The
Perodua Rusa , Malaysian first domestically manufactured van was launched.
29–31 March –
1996 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
18 April – The
Sungai Besi camp for
Vietnamese illegal immigrants is officially closed.
May – Malaysia's first domestically produced motorcycle,
Modenas Kriss was launched.
May – The construction of the
Bakun Dam projects began.
2 July – A new version of
Malaysian Ringgit RM 2 notes was introduced.
16 July – A bus ferrying a group of factory workers and their families on a holiday excursion plunged into a 120m-deep ravine at km 1 of the
Genting Sempah–Genting Highlands Highway near the
Genting Highlands Resort , killing 17. Six were children.
3 August – A widespread
power outage in
Peninsular Malaysia began at 5:17pm. The states of Peninsular Malaysia including
Kuala Lumpur ,
Selangor ,
Putrajaya ,
Johor ,
Melaka , and
Negeri Sembilan lost power for several hours. A transmission line near
Sultan Ismail Power Station in
Paka ,
Terengganu tripped at 5:17pm causing all power stations in Peninsular Malaysia to collapse resulting in a massive power failure. Supply was back to normal by 11:00pm. After this blackout, utility giant
Tenaga Nasional 's stock fell considerably.
29 August – A mud
avalanche near Pos Dipang
Orang Asli settlement in
Kampar ,
Perak killed 44 people.
8 September – Official opening of the
Light Rail Transit System (Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan) (STAR LRT) Phase 1 from
Sultan Ismail to
Ampang .
10 September –
Westport was launched.
[2]
1 October – The
Kuala Lumpur Tower at Bukit Nanas was officially opened by
Prime Minister
Mahathir Mohamad .
8 October – The
Malay political party,
Semangat 46 was officially dissolved.
27 October –
Michael Jackson held his first concert in Malaysia at
Merdeka Stadium ,
Kuala Lumpur .
29 October –
Michael Jackson performed for the second time in
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
2 November – The
Sungai Buloh Prison in
Sungai Buloh ,
Selangor became the federal prison, replacing
Pudu Prison in
Kuala Lumpur .
29 November – Official opening of the new
Pusat Sains Negara (
National Science Centre ) building in
Bukit Damansara ,
Kuala Lumpur .
18 December – The Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Terengganu,
Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin married
Nur Zahirah .
26 December – Several parts of
Sabah were hit by the
Tropical Depression Greg . More than 120 people were killed.
Births
Deaths
See also
References
Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya, Sarawak under Crown Colony of Sarawak and Kingdom of Sarawak and Sabah under North Borneo.
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