Chief of State - Paramount Ruler Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin
Head of Government - Prime Minister Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi
Deputy Prime Minister - Mohamed Najib bin Abdul Razak
Major Airports
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Malaysia (KUL)
Kuala Lumpur-Subang
Malaysia (SZB)
Penang
Johor Bahru
Kota Kinabalu
Kuching
Langkawi
Miscellaneous Facts
Formed in 1963 when the former British colonies of Singapore and the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo joined the Federation
Total Size - 329,847 square kilometers / 127,355 square miles
Country Code - +60
Internet Extension - .my
Work Force
10.73 million
Work Force by Occupation
Agriculture - 13%
Industry - 36%
Services - 51%
Unemployment
3.5%
Industries
rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing
light manufacturing
electronics
tin mining and smelting
logging
timber processing
Sabah - logging, petroleum production
Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum production and refining, logging
Exports
electronic equipment
petroleum and liquefied natural gas
wood and wood products
palm oil
rubber
textiles
chemicals
Imports
Electronics
Machinery
petroleum products
plastics
vehicles
iron and steel products
chemicals
Political parties
National Front (Barisan Nasional) or BN (ruling coalition) (consists of the following parties: Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia Party
Liberal Democratic Party (Parti Liberal Demokratik - Sabah)
Malaysian Chinese Association (Persatuan China Malaysia)
Malaysian Indian Congress (Kongresi India Malaysia)
Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah
Parti Bersatu Sabah
Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu
Parti Rakyat Sarawak
Sabah Progressive Party (Parti Progresif Sabah)
Sarawak United People's Party (Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sarawak)
