Facts about Malaysia that you probably don't know

Posted by Sukses Keuangan On Sunday, 6 April 2014 0 comments



 

1. The Federation joined Malaya, Sarawak, North Borneo and Singapore, but Singapore left in 1965.


2. The Malaysian monarch is elected for a five-year term by the Conference of Rulers.

3. Five of Malaysia’s six Olympic medals were for men’s badminton; the other was for diving.

4. Of every 100,000 people in Malaysia, 132 are in prison.

5. The lowest temperature ever recorded in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur was 14.4C (57.9F); the average annual rainfall is 95.5 inches.

6. In August 1997, a model of the Malaysian flag was completed, made out of 10,430 floppy disks. The country’s deputy education minister described this as ‘an event Malaysia can be proud of’.


7. In 1997, the state of Kelantan, Malaysia ruled that lights would be kept on in cinemas in order to deter people from kissing and cuddling.
The lowest temperature ever recorded in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur was 14.4C (57.9F); the average annual rainfall is 95.5 inches

8. Caning is a common punishment under Malaysian law. The maximum number of strokes that can be ordered is 24.

9. Women are never caned, nor are boys under the age of 10 or men over 50, except for rape.









10. The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur were the world’s tallest buildings from 1998-2004.
 (Source:http://www.express.co.uk/fun/top10facts/429736/Top-10-facts-about-Malaysia )

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