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Chinese Malaysians predominantly speak varieties of Chinese from the southern provinces of China. The more common varieties in the country are Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Teochew, Hainanese, and Fuzhou. Tamil is the predominant among Indian Malaysians, though languages like Telugu, Malayalam and Punjabi are also spoken.
The name Malaysia is a combination of the word Malays and the Latin-Greek suffix -ia/-ία [18] which can be translated as 'land of the Malays'. [19] Similar-sounding variants have also appeared in accounts older than the 11th century, as toponyms for areas in Sumatra or referring to a larger region around the Strait of Malacca. [20]
Cost. RM 24.17 million. Technical details. Size. 42.5 acres (17.2 ha) Website. www .pmo .gov .my. Seri Perdana is the official residence of the prime minister of Malaysia, located in Putrajaya, Malaysia .
The law of Malaysia is mainly based on the common law legal system. This was a direct result of the colonisation of Malaya, Sarawak, and North Borneo by Britain between the early 19th century to 1960s. The supreme law of the land—the Constitution of Malaysia—sets out the legal framework and rights of Malaysian citizens. Federal laws enacted ...
Biometric passport. British-era Federation of Malaya passport issued in 1957. Malaysia was the first country in the world to issue biometric passports in March 1998, after a local company, IRIS Corporation, developed the technology. [ 3] In December 2002, thumbprint data was added to the biometric data on the passport chip.
The George Town Conurbation, the only urban region that spans three different states ( Penang, Kedah and Perak ), is also the only metropolitan area where the core city is not its most populated settlement ( George Town has a population of 794,313, while Seberang Perai has a population of 946,092). This table displays:
Ethnic groups in Malaysia. This is a category about Malaysians by ethnic groups or ancestry as well ethnic groups/sub-ethnic groups that live in Malaysia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ethnic groups in Malaysia.
184. Petronas. $49,479. 51,034. State-owned multinational oil and gas company vested with the entire oil and gas resources of Malaysia and operating in 35 countries. The firm has ranked as high as 68th globally in 2015.