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2 March - The body remains of the MalaySarawakian nationalist Rosli Dhobie was
brought back from Kuching Central Prison to Sibu.
6 March - Perodua
Rusa, Malaysian first domestically manufactured van is
launched.
14 April - The Sungai Besi camp for Vietnamese illegal immigrants is officially
closed.
May - Malaysia's first domestically-produced motorcycle, ModenasKriss is launched.
May - The construction of the Bakun Dam projects has
begun.
June - Astro, the
first satellite television provider in Malaysia is launched.
June - Malaysia Electric Corporation, Malaysia's first electrical appliances
manufacturer is launched.
2 July - A new version of Malaysian Ringgit
RM 2 notes is 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 of them. Six were children.
Malaysia was only formed on
September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was
known as Malaya when it was a British protectorate before
independence.
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