Talk:Malaysia/Archive 1

message: "As states of Malaysia were formerly French colonies, many Malaysian institutions are based on those of the French. For instance, the Malaysian system of government draws heavily on the French Westminster system."
I thought that was interesting, as the Westminster System was definately British in origin, named after the street in London where Parliament sits. I know not the influence of France in Malaysia, but perhaps if there is a distinction to actaully seperate them.
:It was a work of a vandal. I'm reverting it. __earth (Talk) 12:07, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  French Westminster System o_O 

message: In the "Religion" section, a figure of 13% is given for Hindus in the Malaysian population. I'm guessing that that is actually the percentage in the population of West Malaysia only, as the percentage of Hindus cannot be higher than the percentage of Indians, unless a large number of foreign workers are Hindus. As I don't know the actual percentage, I will not edit the figure, but would someone who has access to such information please look into it?
Michael 09:19, 5 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Percentage of Hindus in Malaysia 

message: (I don't really agree with this fact. Putrajaya is only an administrative centre for Malaysia and not its new capital. The capital of Malaysia is still Kuala Lumpur. I will try to find the most authorative fact for this) - sharuzzaman
:Thanks for making corrections! While you're here, though, you might want to take a quick look through Welcome, newcomers, be bold in updating pages, and talk page. In general, the custom is to put comments like the above in the Talk page rather than directly in the article; but of course you're certainly welcome to correct the information directly there! Brion VIBBER
User Aiman abmajid has been adding Putrajaya back into the capital box. According to CIA Factbook, "Putrajaya is referred to as administrative center not capital".  I however have heard instances where Putrajaya is referred to as a capital. __earth (Talk) 07:46, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Putrajaya 

message: The Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countries is a useful resource to peruse. -- sabre23t 14:25, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Country Template 

message: Ref the recent 161.142.10.27 edit on Malaysia#States. Further discussion on it is over at
Talk:States_of_Malaysia#Malacca_vs_Melaka_and_Penang_vs_Pulau_Pinang. Meanwhile, I had made sure #redirect are in place so the actual state articles are reachable. -- sabre23t 09:32, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Malacca vs Melaka and Penang vs Pulau Pinang 

message: The current econ section was taken almost wholely from CIA Factbook. We should rewrite it despite its public domain status. __earth 06:17, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
:Agreed. However, although I am an amateur economist (preparing for my O-level economics, have a couple of college-level textbooks at home), I don't think I'm ready to apply what I've learnt to ensuring the section isn't mucked up. I may chip in a little bit here and there, though. Johnleemk | Talk 14:34, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite on economy section

message: An anon added:
as the Malays were not willing to work in those sectors (Please refer to the Malaysian History Proper).
In proper history however, British was practicing divide and conquer. The Indian in agriculture, Chinese in mining and Malay in governance. I'll remove the anon's edit if there's no objection. __earth (Talk) 12:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's needless speculation about the reasons for lack of Malay participation, with no proof whatsoever. Remove it. Johnleemk | Talk 15:53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: About Malays refusing to work

message: Refer to Calling Code: 60 Also 020 from Singapore
Note that 020 calling code from Singapore is NOT interchangeable with IDD code 60.  020 calling code works as to replace +60 (including international call prefix and IDD code 60 assigned by the International Telecommunication Union in standard E.164), in other words, one needs no dail the international call prefix (the '+' or '00' as applies to some countries) for the 020 calling code to call Malaysia in Singapore!!!
Also note that there are 3 main Telco Operators in Singapore (namely SingTel, M1 and StarHub, though SingTel is considerably monopolizing in Fixed Line Telco Services) but the 020 calling code is exclusively operated by SingTel.  In order to use the 020 calling code in M1 or StarHub's services, one needs to apply and register to SingTel for an 'account' to use the calling code from M1 or StarHub's services.
: Hi 219.93.174.102. I've no objection if you remove "Also 020 from Singapore". --sabre23t 22:06, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Calling Code 

message: I think we forgot about the National Flower, the hibiscus. (Bunga Raya) Can someone check it out and then add it on the space after the flag & coat of arms? Thanks - Mailer diablo 18:14, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  National Flower 

message: My suggestion is to move the SEA template to the geography articles of each country. It overlaps with the Southeast Asia template, the only reception would be with East Timor, but since they're related in a sense of geography, it should go there. Any other opinions on this? --Andylkl 18:50, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  ASEAN and Southeast Asian templates 

message: If anyone thinks the title of the article Discrimination against non-Muslims in Malaysia is not neutral .. please go there and vote OneGuy 00:53, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Non-Muslims in Malaysia

message: I had added the Jawi script, but it was removed. I am adding it again, and I am listing the reasons down:
* Jawi is also the official Malay script with Rumi (Malay Roman script). Many buildings, road signs and even the national emblem, states the Jawi and Rumi variants; see this --> . However, only the Malay Rumi script is considered to be official in Singapore, and you can't see any Jawi in any signboards, or other government property.
* Both the Jawi and Rumi Malay scripts are also added on the Brunei article. 
* Last of all, I wish everybody good luck. Mr Tan 12:44, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Jawi 

message: I had added Jawi twice, but it was removed. I don't exactly understand why, but the national coat of arms has both the Rumi and Jawi versions of its slogan, thus Jawi is also officially recognised as the traditional script of Malaysia, as Hanja is to South Korea. The position of Jawi and Rumi is similar to those of Hanja and Hangul in Malaysia. South Korea has its Hanja version featured, too. Jawi is used just as frequently as Hanja just as Rumi is to Hangul. Mr Tan 05:55, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Jawi to me has always been a tricky issue. While the Constitution says Malay is the official language, it doesn't say anything (or I haven't seen anything about it) about script (ie romanized vs Jawi). But it's quite easy to say that the usage of Jawi is limited and not widespread and not is it important for daily and administrative activities. Moreoever, the problem with adding Jawi is there later, somebody will add Chinese script (in both simplified and traditional), Tamil and maybe even Iban. It makes life easier if we just have English and Malay. __earth (Talk) 04:40, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of Jawi 

message: Could someone who is familiar with Malay culture and history look at this article: Thai royal and noble titles, and write a similar one for Malay titles such as Tun, Datuk, Dato Seri etc etc? Adam 03:06, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Titles of nobility