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2003 in Malaysia
46 years of the nationhood
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- 1 January - Visit Johor Year 2003 officially began
- 1 January - The indirect advertising of tobacco brands are banned by the Malaysian federal government
- 4 January - The Mathematics and Science subject in English are introduced to all primary and secondary schools for the first time.
- 14 February - The Southern Integrated Gateway projects (New CIQ complex and new bridge) in Johor Bahru is officially launched by the then Malaysian prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad.
- 20-25 February - The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) General Conference is held in Kuala Lumpur.
- 23 March - Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah is crowned as the 9th Sultan of Selangor.
- May - The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) signed a deal to purchase 18 of the Russian Sukhoi Su-30MKM jet fighters worth almost $1 billion. The Su-30MKMs will be delivered in batches starting in early 2007. As part of the deal, the Russians will send a Malaysian astronaut (angkasawan) to the International Space Station (ISS).
- 25 May - A 19-year old salesgirl died when a car driven by 21-year old college student crashed into her and several friends seat at a table set up at a roadside in front of a 24-hour restaurant in Section 14, Petaling Jaya.
- 24 July - Malaysia and Singapore jointly submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) a dispute concerning sovereignty over Pulau Batu Puteh (Pedra Branca), Middle Rocks and South Ledge.
- 3 August - Abdul Malik Mydin become first Malaysian and Southeast Asian to cross English Channel by swimming from Dover, England to Calais, France.
- August - Naza Ria, Malaysian first MPV vehicle is launched.
- 31 August - The quickmarch version of Negaraku national anthem has changed to the original slowmarch version
- 31 August - Malaysia's first monorail transit system, KL Monorail has begin in operations.
- September - The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) signed a deal to purchase 2 of the French Scorpene submarines worth almost $1 billion.
- 23 September - Media Prima Berhad, Malaysia's largest integrated media group of companies is launched
- 3 October - Berjaya Times Square, the highest shopping complex in Malaysia is officially opened.
- 16-17 October - The OIC General Conference is held in Putrajaya
- 22 October - Alor Star was granted city status
- 31 October - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi becomes the fifth prime minister replacing Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad.
- 25 November - The construction of the SMART Tunnel projects has begun.
- 1 December - 14 passengers were killed in an early morning collision involving two buses – a school bus which was converted for commercial use and an express bus – at the 63rd kilometre of the Kuala Lipis-Merapoh trunk road near Merapoh, Pahang. Twenty-three others were injured.
- December - The Malaysian National Service (Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN)) are introduced for the first time as the conscription training program.
- December - A rockfall in the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) near the Bukit Lanjan interchange caused the expressway to close for more than six months.
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Keranamu Malaysia
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