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The Mar Thoma Syrian Church in Malaysia is the Malaysian zone of the Diocese of Malaysia, Singapore & Australia in the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church. It currently consists of a total of 16 parishes with 2,500 members nationwide. [ 4 ] The current diocesan bishop is the Rt. Rev. Joseph Mar Barnabas Episcopa .
Singaporeans account for a majority of tourist arrivals into Malaysia, at nearly 13 million as of 2016. [22] Malaysia was also Singapore's third largest market in terms of inbound visitors, contributing 8.5% of the total tourists in the city-state in 2012; tourists from Kuala Lumpur, Sarawak, Penang, Sabah and Perak formed the bulk of Malaysian tourist arrivals into Singapore in that year.
Singapore ( Malay: Singapura ), officially the State of Singapore ( Malay: Negeri Singapura ), was one of the 14 states of Malaysia from 1963 to 1965. Malaysia was formed on 16 September 1963 by the merger of the Federation of Malaya with the former British colonies of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore. This marked the end of the 144-year ...
The Malaysia–Singapore border[ a] is an international maritime border between the Southeast Asian countries of Malaysia, which lies to the north of the border, and Singapore to the south. The boundary is formed by straight lines between maritime geographical coordinates running along or near the deepest channel of the Straits of Johor. [ b][ 1]
The two bronze medals won at the 2012 London Summer Olympics marked the first time that Singapore won more than one medal in an Olympiad. [16] [17] In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Olympic swimmer Joseph Schooling won a gold medal in the Men's 100 metre butterfly in an Olympics record of 50.39 seconds, becoming the first gold Olympic medallist of ...
Malay Singaporeans ( Malay: Orang Melayu Singapura) are Singaporeans with general ancestry from the Malay world. [ 4] They constitute approximately 13.5% of the country's residents, making them the second largest ethnic group in Singapore. [ 5] Under the Constitution of Singapore, they are recognised by the government as the indigenous people ...
Malaysia–Singapore Airlines (abbreviation MSA) was the multinational flag carrier of Malaysia and Singapore. The airline was previously renamed twice, being founded as Malayan Airways from 1946 to 1963, Malaysian Airways from 1963 to 1965, and ultimately in 1966 as a result of a joint ownership of the airline by the governments of the two ...
A typical open-air kopitiam in Singapore A more contemporary-designed coffee shop outlet in Malaysia with various hawker stalls. A kopitiam or kopi tiam (Chinese: 咖啡店; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-pi-tiàm; lit. 'coffee shop') is a type of coffee shop mostly found in parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Southern Thailand patronised for meals and beverages, and traditionally operated ...