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List of events
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 2006 , together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
Standing at 42.7 meter (140.09 ft) high, the
Murugan statue, is Malaysia's tallest statue, a
Hindu deity, is located outside
Batu Caves , near the city of
Kuala Lumpur ,
Malaysia .
KLIA's Low Cost Carrier Terminal
The new
unified Federal Territory flag .
The business district of Kuala Lumpur in the evening of September 29, 2006 during
2006 Southeast Asian haze .
Menara Kuala Lumpur was barely visible. The average API for that day was in between 70 and 80.
Image of MEASAT-3 orbiting over Malaysia
Kota Tinggi town during
2006 flash floods .
Incumbent political figures
Federal level
State level
Events
29 January – Tallest
Lord Muruga statue in the world was unveiled at
Batu Caves ,
Selangor and Sri Batumalai Murugan Temple was opened to pilgrims.
[1]
4 February – The Kepong Flyover on the
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2) was closed to traffic for repair works. It reopened in December.
[2]
18 February – The
Federal Court unanimously decided that the
Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ), the
Gombak District Council (MDG) or any local government had immunity and was protected under Section 95 (2) of the
Road, Drainage and Building Act 1974 from any claim before the
collapse of the Highland Towers apartment block. Tan Sri
Steve Shim Lip Kiong , Datuk
Abdul Hamid Mohamad and Datuk
Arifin Zakaria decided that MPAJ was not responsible for losses before and after the condominium collapsed.
[3]
27 February –
Shah Alam ,
Selangor 's state capital was hit by massive flash floods.
[4]
23 March – The
LCCT , Malaysia's first budget air terminal in
Sepang ,
Selangor was opened.
[5]
12 April – Construction of the new
Tanjung Puteri road bridge replacing the Malaysian side of
the causeway was canceled.
[6]
23 April –
Tun Ghafar Baba , former deputy prime minister died. He was laid to rest at
Makam Pahlawan , near
Masjid Negara ,
Kuala Lumpur .
[7]
20 May –
SUPP experienced its worst defeat since its establishment in 1959, winning only 11 out of 19 contested seats in the
Sarawak elections .
[8]
31 May – Four people were killed in the
landslide in Kampung Pasir ,
Ulu Klang ,
Selangor .
[9]
20 June –
Petaling Jaya was granted city status, becoming the second municipality in
Selangor with city rights after the state capital
Shah Alam .
[10]
25 July –
Tengku Datuk Puteri Kamariah Sultan Abu Bakar , sister of
Sultan Ahmad Shah of
Pahang was stabbed to death by her 21-year-old son Tunku Rizal Shahzan Tunku Ismail.
[11]
30 July – Eleven passengers were killed in a
bus crash near the
Jawi Interchange ,
Penang , on the
North–South Expressway .
[12]
30 July – The
South Johor Economic Region (SJER) was announced.
[13]
August – The Malaysian federal government unveiled plans to build the
Penang Second Bridge in the
Ninth Malaysia Plan .
[14]
20 August – The
Federal Territory got a new
flag and its own
anthem .
[15]
21 August – Malaysian pop singer
Siti Nurhaliza married Datuk Khalid Mohd Jiwa (Datuk K).
[16]
4 September –
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor and
Faiz Khaleed were announced as the first Malaysian
angkasawan (
cosmonauts ).
[17]
7 September – The remains of two 19th-century Malay warriors
Ngah Ibrahim and
Laksamana Mohammad Amin Alang Duakap were brought back from
Singapore to
Perak .
[18]
22 September –
Suki won
One in a Million , a popular singing competition which offers prizes up to
RM 1,000,000.
[19]
August–October – The
2006 Southeast Asian haze .
October –
Mongolian model,
Altantuya Shaaribuu was murdered in
Shah Alam ,
Selangor .
[20]
27 October – A six-coach train of the
Ampang Line LRT overshot the end of the elevated tracks at
Sentul Timur station , resulting in the front half of the first coach dangling in the air about 25 meters above the ground.
[21]
November – Heavy showers hit
Peninsular Malaysia daily for several weeks, unusual even during the rainy season in previous years.
4 November – The
South Johor Economic Region (SJER) was officially named as Iskandar Development Region.
[22]
7 November – The
KLCI passed the 1,000 mark hurdle, for the first time since 2000.
12 November – Ground-breaking ceremony for the new
Penang Second Bridge .
[23]
20 November –
Microchips worth millions of ringgit were stolen from the Air Cargo Complex in
Batu Maung ,
Penang .
[24]
25 November–1 December – The
2006 FESPIC Games took place in
Kuala Lumpur with 3,641 athletes from 46 nations competing. Malaysia rank at fourth place with total 175 medals. This was the last
FESPIC Games event held before many Asian countries competed in the first
2010 Asian Para Games .
[25]
[26]
7 December – The
Klang Valley metropolitan area was given
MSC status by Prime Minister
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi .
[27]
7 December –
Cicak Man , Malaysia's locally produced superhero film, hit the screens.
[28]
12 December – The
MEASAT III was launched by a
Proton rocket from
Baikonur Cosmodrome ,
Kazakhstan .
[29]
13 December –
Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of
Terengganu replaced
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (of
Perlis ) as the 13th
Yang di-Pertuan Agong .
[30]
15 December –
Bok House , a 1920s bungalow along
Jalan Ampang ,
Kuala Lumpur , was controversially demolished.
[31]
19 December – Several parts of
Johor ,
Malacca and
Pahang including
Johor Bahru ,
Skudai ,
Segamat ,
Jasin and
Kota Tinggi were hit by
flash floods .
[32]
Births
Deaths
See also
References
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