1987 in Malaysia
30 years of the nationhood

The new logo of Malaysia Airlines.

Menara Maybank, completed on 1987

The Carcosa Seri Negara.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Iskandar
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Sultanah Zanariah
• Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
• Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Ghafar Baba

[edit] State level

• Sultan of Johor: Tunku Ibrahim Ismail (Regent)
• Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
• Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra
• Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
• Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
• Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
• Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Dr Awang Hassan
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Ahmad Al-Haj bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:
  • Tun Mohd Adnan Robert (Until November)
  • Tun Said Keruak (From November)

[edit] Events

• February - The Carcosa was returned to the Government of Malaysia and renamed as "Carcosa Seri Negara".
• April - The Malaysian constitutional crisis occurred.
• June - Menara Maybank or Maybank Tower is now become the famous landmark and the tallest building in Kuala Lumpur.
• July - Opening of the Petronas petroleum and gas refinery in Kerteh, Terengganu
• 1 October - The closed-toll system came into force along the Kuala Lumpur-Ayer Keroh and Ipoh-Changkat Jering expressways
• 12 October - Jabatan Telekom was incorporated as Syarikat Telekom Malaysia Berhad (STMB).
• 15 October - Malaysian Airline System (MAS) changed its corporate identity and became known as Malaysia Airlines.
• 27 October - The Operation Lalang, More than 100 opposition activists are arrested, including Lim Kit Siang under Internal Security Act (ISA).

[edit] National Day

[edit] Main theme

Setia Bersatu Berusaha Maju

[edit] Sports

• September - 1987 World Silat Championships

[edit] Births

• Tan Boon Heong - Malaysian badminton player

[edit] Deaths

• Hamzah Dolmat — Malay violinist

[edit] See also

• 1987
• 1986 in Malaysia | 1988 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia