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Taman Selatan
Taman Selatan or Southern Park is a national cemetery in Precinct 20, Putrajaya, Malaysia. Features It is located at Precinct 20 and it occupies 192.38 hectares. The site has 570 grave plots, of these: * 331 are reserved for Muslims, * 94 for Buddhists, * 55 for Christians, * 61 for Hindus and * the final 29 plots for other religions. * Pusara Negarawan, a national cemetery for Malaysian national leaders located at the Muslim cemetery. Notable burials * Azizan Zainul Abidin – corporate figure and President of Putrajaya Corporation and Petronas. ''(died 2004)'' * Endon Mahmood – wife of former Prime Minister of Malaysia Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. ''(died 2005) * Ahmad Hakimi Hanapi – Malaysia Airlines MH17 co-pilot who perished in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash on 17 July 2014. ''(died 2014)'' * Nor Shazana Mohamed Salleh – Malaysia Airlines stewardess who perished in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash on 17 July 2014. ''(died 2014)'' * Ali Hamsa – 13th Chief S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula and East Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Peninsular Malaysia shares land and maritime Malaysia–Thailand border, borders with Thailand, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia; East Malaysia shares land borders with Brunei and Indonesia, and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the country's national capital, List of cities and towns in Malaysia by population, largest city, and the seat of the Parliament of Malaysia, legislative branch of the Government of Malaysia, federal government, while Putrajaya is the federal administrative capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putrajaya
Putrajaya (), officially the Federal Territory of Putrajaya (), is the administrative centre of Malaysia. The Seat of government, seat of the Government of Malaysia, federal government of Malaysia was moved in 1999 from Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya because of overcrowding and congestion, whilst the seat of the judiciary of Malaysia was later moved to Putrajaya in 2003. Kuala Lumpur remains as Malaysia's national capital city per the Constitution of Malaysia, constitution and is still the seat of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, head of state (Yang di-Pertuan Agong) and the national legislature (Parliament of Malaysia), as well as being the country's commercial and financial centre. The establishment of Putrajaya was the idea of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. First thought of in the 1990s, Putrajaya was envisioned to be “a laboratory for a new form of electronic government" that would emphasize new adoption of, investment in internet, media, and digital communications. The developmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perbadanan Putrajaya
Perbadanan Putrajaya (PPj) or Putrajaya Corporation (PjC) is a local authority that administers the Federal Territory of Putrajaya and is under the Department of Federal Territories of Malaysia. Founded in 1995, the corporation is responsible for public health and sanitation, waste removal and management, capital planning, environmental protection and building control, social and economic development, and the general maintenance functions of the urban infrastructure of Putrajaya. The main headquarters of the PPj is located at Precinct 3, Persiaran Perdana, Putrajaya. Putrajaya Corporation is also the operator of Nadi Putra bus services, which operates in the urban areas of Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Kuala Lumpur and parts of the Southern Klang Valley. Putrajaya is now a metered parking area, and the corporation will issue a summons for illegal parking. Presidents Board members Board of Putrajaya Corporation is responsible to make highest decision of policy in Putrajaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Cemetery
The following is a partial list of prominent National Cemeteries: Africa Algeria * El Alia Cemetery, Algiers Burundi * Mausolée des Martyrs de la Démocratie, Bujumbura Ghana * Asomdwee Park, Accra * Burma Camp Military Cemetery, Accra Liberia * Palm Grove Cemetery, Monrovia (former) Zimbabwe * National Heroes' Acre, Harare Asia China * Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, Beijing Indonesia * Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery, Jakarta * Giri Tunggal Heroes' Cemetery, Semarang * Kusumanegara Heroes' Cemetery, Yogyakarta Iran * Behesht-e Zahra, Tehran Israel * Mount Herzl, Jerusalem Japan * Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery, Tokyo Laos * Cimetière Révolutionnaire, Vientiane Malaysia * Taman Selatan, Putrajaya * Makam Pahlawan, Kuala Lumpur Mongolia * Altan-Ölgii National Cemetery, Ulan Bator North Korea * Cemetery of Fallen Fighters of the KPA, Pyongyang * Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery, Pyongyang * Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azizan Zainul Abidin
Tun Azizan bin Zainul Abidin ( Jawi: ; 28 May 1935 – 14 July 2004) was a Malaysian corporate figure and civil servant who was the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Petronas. He was the father of Amir Hamzah Azizan, the Minister of Finance II, Senator and former CEO of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF). Early life and education Azizan was born on 28 May 1935, in Air Itam, Penang. He had 3 children with his wife Noor Ainne Che Teh: Amir Hamzah Azizan, Norizan Azizan and Ikhwan Azizan and 7 grandchildren. He studied at Penang Free School and later pursued his tertiary education at the University of Malaya where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Malay Studies. Career In 1960, he joined the Ministry of Education. In 1988, he retired as the Secretary General (KSU) of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Post-government career Azizan joined Petronas as President and CEO, holding the position from February 1988 to February 1995 under the recomme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putrajaya Corporation
Perbadanan Putrajaya (PPj) or Putrajaya Corporation (PjC) is a local authority that administers the Putrajaya, Federal Territory of Putrajaya and is under the Department of Federal Territories of Malaysia. Founded in 1995, the corporation is responsible for public health and sanitation, Waste management, waste removal and management, Capital budgeting, capital planning, environmental protection and building control, Socioeconomics, social and economic development, and the general maintenance functions of the Infrastructure, urban infrastructure of Putrajaya. The main headquarters of the PPj is located at Precinct 3, Persiaran Perdana, Putrajaya. Putrajaya Corporation is also the operator of Nadi Putra bus services, which operates in the urban areas of Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Kuala Lumpur and parts of the Southern Klang Valley. Putrajaya is now a metered parking area, and the corporation will issue a summons for Parking violation, illegal parking. Presidents Board members Boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petronas
Petroliam Nasional Berhad, commonly known as PETRONAS (stylised in all caps), is a Malaysian Multinational corporation, multinational petroleum, oil and natural gas, gas company headquartered in Kuala Lumpur. Established in 1974, it is a legal entity incorporated under the Companies Act 1965, Malaysian Companies Act 1965 and reports to the company's Board of Directors. Petronas is vested with all oil and gas resources in Malaysia and is entrusted with the responsibility of developing and adding value to these resources. Petronas is a Vertical integration, vertically integrated company and actively in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including Hydrocarbon exploration, exploration and Extraction of petroleum, extraction, refining, Midstream, distribution and marketing, power generation, and Trade, trading. Petronas has operations in over 100 countries and has sales office in 22 countries, produced around 9 billion Barrel of oil equivalent, barrels of oil equivalent and 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endon Mahmood
Tun Endon binti Mahmood Ambak ( Jawi: هند بنت محمود أعماق; 24 December 1940 – 20 October 2005) was the first wife of the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. She died from breast cancer on 20 October 2005. Early life Endon was born to Datuk Mahmood Ambak, a Malay man, and Datin Mariam Abdullah, a Japanese woman. Endon had ten other siblings, including her twin sister Noraini as well as other sisters Nonni, Rahmah and Aizah. She was born in Klang, Selangor on 24 December 1940. Endon's father worked as a mining assistant in the Department of Mines, and subsequently transferred to Perak to help oversee about 60 mines in the district of Kampar. Endon spent much of her childhood days in Kampar and received her early education at the Anglo Chinese School. She later went on to attend St. Mary's School in Kuala Lumpur. Marriage Endon met Abdullah while she was working at the Federal Establishment Office (now the Public Service Departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi (, ; 26 November 1939 – 14 April 2025), also known as Pak Lah, was a Malaysian politician and civil servant who served as the fifth prime minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009. A member of UMNO, he was the party's president from 2004 to 2009, and also led the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition during his premiership. Abdullah was granted the soubriquet "Father of Human Capital Development" ("''Bapa Pembangunan Modal Insan''") of Malaysia. Born in Bayan Lepas, Penang, Abdullah graduated from University of Malaya (UM). He starting his own career as a civil servant, served almost 14 years in the Malaysian Government as the Administrative and Diplomatic Officer (PTD) from 1964 until 1978. After he resigned from being PTD, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kepala Batas for eight consecutive terms from 1978 to 2013. He also served in various ministeries such as Ministry of Federal Territories, Minister in the Prime Minister's Departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines ( Malay: ''Penerbangan Malaysia'') is the flag carrier of Malaysia, headquartered at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The airline flies to destinations across Europe, Oceania and Asia from its main hub at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It was formerly known as Malaysian Airline System ( Malay: ). Malaysia Airlines is a part of Malaysia Aviation Group, which also owns two subsidiary airlines: Firefly and MASwings. Malaysia Airlines also owns a freighter division: MASkargo and the religious charter subsidiary, Amal. Malaysia Airlines traces its history to Malayan Airways Limited, which was founded in Singapore in the 1930s and flew its first commercial flight in 1947. It was then renamed as Malaysian Airways after the formation of the independent country, Malaysia, in 1963. In 1966, after the separation of Singapore, the airline was renamed Malaysia–Singapore Airlines (MSA), before its assets were divided in 1972 to permanently form two separa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian-backed forces with a Buk missile system, Buk 9M38 surface-to-air missile on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed. Contact with the aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, was lost when it was about from the Ukraine–Russia border, and wreckage from the aircraft landed near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Hrabove in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, from the border. The shoot-down occurred during the War in Donbas (2014–2022), war in Donbas over territory controlled by Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatist forces. The responsibility for investigation was delegated to the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) and the Dutch-led #Criminal investigation, joint investigation team (JIT), which in 2016 reported that the aircraft had been downed by a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Hamsa
Ali bin Hamsa (29 August 1955 – 21 April 2022) was a Malaysian civil servant who served as the 13th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia from 24 June 2012 to 28 August 2018. Education Ali graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Malaya before furthering his studies at Oklahoma State University, US, where he obtained a master's degree in Economics in 1986, followed by a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Economics in 1997. Career Ali joined the Administrative and Diplomatic Service (PTD) as an Assistant Director at the Ministry of Trade and Industry on 5 January 1981. In 1986, he was made Senior Project Manager, Economy and Public Policy Management at the National Institute of Public Administration, where he co-authored two books, namely ''Dasar-dasar Utama Kerajaan'' (1997) and ''Malaysia Kita'' (1998). After a short stint at the Ministry of Transport in 1992, Ali furthered his studies and obtained his PhD in 1997. Upon returning fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
