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	Federal Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Federal Territory (Malay: Wilayah Persekutuan) is a collective of territories governed directly by the Malaysian federal government.
		As of 2006, all Federal Territories fall under the juristriction of Ministry of Federal Territories which was formed under Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's administration on 27 March 2004.
		Kuala Lumpur was ceded by the state of Selangor to the federal government on 1 February 1974, while Putrajaya became the third Federal Territory on 1 February, 2001.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wilayah_Persekutuan (262 words)

	Kuala Lumpur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After independence in 1957, Kuala Lumpur was the capital of the Federation of Malaya and continued to be the capital of the renamed Federation of Malaysia in 1963.
		In 1 February 1972 Kuala Lumpur seceded from Selangor and the city became a Federal Territory (Wilayah Persekutuan).
		Up until 2004, the superior courts of the federation (the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court) were housed in the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, since then the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court have moved to the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kuala_Lumpur (3546 words)

	Chua's Corner: Malaysian States In Wikipedia (Edited By Chua's Corner) - Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kuala Lumpur is one of the three Malaysian Federal Territories, and an enclave within the state of Selangor, on the central west coast of West Malaysia.
		Although the executive branch of the Malaysian central government is now housed in the third federal territory, Putrajaya, the legislative and judicial branches are still located in Kuala Lumpur.
		The 46-square-kilometre estate was placed under the administration of the Putrajaya Corporation, a federal government department under the jurisdiction of the federal territories ministry.
	chuascorner.blogspot.com /2006/04/malaysian-states-in-wikipedia-edited_07.html (6229 words)

	Malaysian Food on MalaysianFood.net
		Malaysian food is not one particular distinction of food but a culinary diversity originating from it's multi-ethnic population of Malay, Indian, Eurasian, Chinese, Nyonya and the Indigenous peoples of Borneo.
		West Malaysia is bordered on the north by Thailand, on the east by the South China Sea, on the south by Singapore [separated by the narrow Johore Straits], and on the west by the Straits of Malacca and the Andaman Sea.
		The country of Malaysia was formed in 1963 through a federation of the former British colonies of Malaya, including Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia, and the island of Singapore.
	www.malaysianfood.net (1907 words)

	Malaysia - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The chief justice, chief judges, and other judges from the Federal Court and High Courts are appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the advice of the prime minister and the Conference of Rulers, which consists of the nine hereditary rulers and the heads of the other states.
		West Malaysia is divided into the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya and 11 states: Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Pinang, Selangor, and Terengganu.
		In 2004 the Malaysian armed forces included 110,000 active-duty personnel, of which 80,000 were in the army, 15,000 were in the air force, and 15,000 were in the navy.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761558542___33/Malaysia.html (733 words)

	Malaysia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Malaysian National Flag consists of fourteen red and white stripes (along the fly) of equal width, a union or canton of dark blue, a crescent and a star.
		The 14 stripes on the Malaysian flag represent the 14 states of Malaysia (Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Selangor, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak and the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Labuan).
		There are Malaysian and Federal Territory flags in front of the court building and all 14 states flags under the huge pole.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/my.html (1377 words)

	Access International Domains
		The literacy rate for Malaysians aged 15 and older is 88.7 percent of the population.
		Under the terms of the federation, Sabah and Sarawak have retained certain constitutional prerogatives (such as the right to maintain their own immigration controls) while foreign affairs, defense, and internal security are delegated to the federal government.
		The federation is involved in a complex territorial dispute over the Spratley Islands in the South China Sea and faces competing claims over several islands with China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Brunei.
	webdb.iu.edu /internationalprograms/scripts/accesscoverpage.cfm?country=malaysia (2056 words)

	Malaysia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Federation was an expansion of the former Federated Malay States.
		The Communist insurrection had the positive effect of spurring the movement for Malayan independence, and in 1957 the federation became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations and was admitted to the United Nations.
		The new state was immediately confronted with the hostility of Indonesia, which described the federation as a British imperialist subterfuge and waged an undeclared war against it.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/Malaysia.html (2537 words)

	Malaysia Travel Guide
		Malaysia is a federal parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch.
		The federation of Malaysia (Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak) was established on July 9, 1963.
		The federation consists of 13 states and two federal territories (the capital Kuala Lumpur and the island of Labuan).
	www.bt-store.com /sitemap/HTML/travel_guides/desc/Sx2-2-GeoAreaID-1_my-TopicID-Politics/Politics.htm (289 words)

	Kuala_Lumpur
		Kuala Lumpur is one of the three Malaysian Federal Territories, and an enclave within the state of Selangor, on the central west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
		Although the executive branch of the Malaysian Government has moved to a new administrative capital, Putrajaya, the residence of the King of Malaysia, the Parliament of Malaysia, and sections of the judicial branch remain in Kuala Lumpur as a legislative capital.
		In 1974 Kuala Lumpur seceded from Selangor and the city became a Federal Territory (Wilayah Persekutuan).
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/k/ku/kuala_lumpur.html (2469 words)

	Tourist Information about Kuala Lumpur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Founded in 1857 by miners, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital is the largest city in the country and is part of the Malaysian Federal Territories.
		It is a modern city that has a perfect mix of traditional culture and technology from the streets of Chinatown to Little India and finally to one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world.
		Despite having the Malaysian Government move to Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur remains the home to the King of Malaysia, the Parliament of Malaysia and the country's judicial branch.
	www.kuala-lumpur.city-tourist-information.com (85 words)

	cogpsych
		Little is known about the cognitive and psycho-social attributes of the Malaysian adolescent except for small scale studies conducted by graduate students for their dissertations.
		The sample will be stratified to represent the population in each of the 13 states of Malaysia and the 2 Federal Territories.
		The aim of the project is to survey the cognitive and psycho-social attributes of the 16 year old student in Malaysian secondary schools.
	www.homestead.com /peoplelearn/cogpsych.html (445 words)

	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999 - Malaysia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Malaysia is a federation of 13 states and two federal territories with a parliamentary system of government based on periodic multiparty elections in which the ruling National Front coalition has held power for more than 40 years.
		The Malaysian Chinese Association Public Services and Complaints Department reported that the number of domestic violence complaints that it had received in the first 3 months of the year was roughly double that of the same period of the previous year.
		Malaysian women are trafficked for sexual purposes mostly to Singapore, Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, but also to Japan, Australia, Canada, and the United States.
	www.usemb.se /human/human1999/malaysia.html (20873 words)

	International Commission of Jurists
		The Federal Court quashed the sentence of Anwar Ibrahim's defence lawyer Zainur Encik Zakaria; a judge criticised the ISA and released two detainees; the High Court struck down one of the suits against the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Param Cumaraswamy, and the plaintiffs withdrew the remaining suits.
		The Federal Court, Court of Appeal and High Courts are superior courts and are established by the federal Constitution.
		The Malaysian government conveyed the decision of the International Court of Justice, but the Registrar of the High Court, on 18 October 1999, dismissed the Special Rapporteur's application to strike out the fourth suit, ruling that his court was not bound by the opinion of the ICJ.
	www.icj.org /news.php3?id_article=2687&lang=en (6103 words)

	Historical Flags (Malaysia)
		Subsequently a new state was made out of the state of Selangor (Kuala Lumpur federal territory), and the 14th stripe now officially stands for the federal territories (now two).
		Now that there are two Federal Territories (with the possibility of a third one) I think the interpretation of the 14th point and stripe has changed again.
		Though Singapore left the Federation on 9/8/65, the 14th point and stripe was kept, and now represents the relationship between the states and the federation.
	flagspot.net /flags/my_his.html (324 words)

	The Malaysian Government
		The newly completed Putrajaya is also a Federal Territory and it is due to become the new administrative centre of Malaysia once the transition is completed.
		The head of the Malaysian nation is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and this position is shared on a rotation basis by the Sultans of the nine royal states.
		As a parliamentary democracy, the Malaysian government is headed by the Prime Minister and his deputy; a host of other Ministers and their ministries all work together to implement the government's policies that are so crucial to the growth and development of Malaysia.
	www.kuala-lumpur.ws /ourgovernment (509 words)

	Malaysia: Human rights undermined: Restrictive laws in a parliamentary democracy - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Many Malaysians, contemplating the country’s sustained political stability, ethnic harmony and economic growth, appeared prepared to accept a gradual erosion of their fundamental rights, and a parallel increase in the powers accumulated by the Executive branch of government.
		Malaysian judicial rulings and case law have established the principle that once the Minister determines the necessity to detain a subject pursuant to a valid detention order, the courts cannot ‘go behind’ that order, i.e.
		Sukma Darmawan is a 37-year-old Indonesian businessman with Malaysian citizenship.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGASA280061999?open&of=ENG-MYS (17248 words)

	Malaysia
		Malaysia is a federation of 13 states and 3 federal territories with a parliamentary system of government based on periodic multiparty elections in which the ruling National Front coalition has held power for more than 40 years.
		In August the Federal Court ruled that the detention of the six opposition activists detained under the ISA in April 2001 were unlawful.
		However, in 2001 the Federal Court overturned the conviction, and stated that the High Court Judge, in his initial handling of the case, appeared to be acting as an agent for the prosecution.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18252.htm (20073 words)

	Malaysia Flag - World Flags 101 - Malaysian Flags
		The Malaysian flag was adopted on September 16, 1963.
		The current Malaysian flag is based on a design adopted in 1950 by the Federation of Malaya, a British protectorate, which would eventually become Malaysia when it gained independence on August 31, 1957.
		The Malaysian flag is a combination of the United States flag which also has the crescent and star, a traditional symbol of Islam.
	www.worldflags101.com /m/malaysia-flag.aspx (364 words)

	Equity Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Federal Territory of Labuan, which is part of Malaysia, is located about 10 km off the west coast of Sabah.
		The Malaysian government has developed the infra structure (with further projects underway) and the telecommunications of Labuan to enable it to function as a modern and efficient international offshore financial centre.
		English and Mandarin are commonly spoken in the urban areas, with the former being the predominant language used in the commercial sector of Labuan.
	www.equitytrust.com /content/international/international_labuan_about.htm (645 words)

	MSSCF.ORG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Malaysia is a federation in the heart of the Malay Archipelago in Southeast Asia, bordering Thailand in the north, and Singapore and Indonesia in the South.
		The federation was officially declared formed on 16 September 1963 through the merging of the former British colonies of Malaya (which was granted self-rule since 31 August 1957), Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak.
		Tranlated to "Stripes of Glory" in English, the Malaysian flag Jalur Gemilang has 14 alternating stripes of red and white, representing the 13 states and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.
	www28.brinkster.com /msscf/aboutus.asp (430 words)

	SkyscraperCity - Federal Territory of Malaysia
		The Federal Government negotiated with the state on the prospect of another Federal Territory and in the mid-1990s, the Federal Government paid a substantial amount of money to Selangor for approximately 11 320 acres (46 km²) of land that later is to be known as Putrajaya.
		Kuala Lumpur is one of the three Federal Territories in Selangor state, and is an enclave within the state of Selangor, on the central west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
		Labuan, a Federal Territory of Malaysia, is a 92 sq km tropical island located off the northwest coast of Borneo Island, at the mouth of the Brunei Bay.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=70596 (932 words)

	Brand New Malaysian: August 2005 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The haze crisis that hit Malaysians recently hit a raw vein with many Malaysians, especially after the situation worsened to the point that a state emergency was declared in certain areas.
		Pointing the fingers solely at Malaysian corporations alone would also be unfair, for the burnings at their estates might not be self inflicted, and rather a response from local strife from within the socio-political environment itself.
		He was implying that Malaysian companies should take more responsibility by ensuring that the clearing methods were compliant to the protection of the environmental conservation policies against excessive burning, and if they were found to be doing so on the land managed by them, they should be held liable.
	www.brandmalaysia.com /movabletype/archives/2005/08 (17787 words)

	Malaysia Today
		Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's hold on the ruling party has been put to question by the recently concluded party elections.
		The vice presidential posts went to Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, Federal Territories Minister Mohamad Isa Abdul Samad and Mohamad Ali Rustam, chief minister of Malacca.
		The vice president and Supreme Council posts are seen as the launching pad to future leadership and often come with positions in the government.
	www.malaysia-today.net /english/MT_BI_270904c.htm (708 words)

	ARCBC the Gateway to Information in South East Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Malaysia is a federation of 13 states and two federal territories.
		Eleven states and the federal capital territory of Kuala Lumpur are on Peninsular Malaysia (West Malaysia) while the more autonomous states of Sabah and Sarawak and the federal territory of Labuan are on northern Borneo (East Malaysia).
		In Labuan, a Federal Territory off Brunei Bay, fisheries exploitation and coral mining appear to be serious threats (Rahman, in press) although these activities are on the decline.
	www.arcbc.org.ph /MarinePA/mys.htm (3767 words)

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