As I’m looking ahead to moving to Malaysia in January, I thought it’d be good to know a little more about the country and her people. Check out these fun facts and get excited with me!
1) Malaysia was
formed in 1963.
2) It is located in
Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the
island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of
Vietnam.
3) Ethnic groups
include Malay (50.4%), Chinese (23.7%), Indigenous (11%), Indian (7.1%), others
(7.8%) according to a 2004 est.
4) Languages include
but are not limited to: Bahasa Malaysia
(official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan,
Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai and in East Malaysia several
indigenous languages are spoken.
5) Religions are
many: Muslim (or Islam official) 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu
6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or
unknown 1.5%, none 0.8% according to a 2000 census.
6) The median age is
27.4 years. Hey thats me!
7) Over 90% of the
population is literate. (2010 est.)
8) The government is
a constitutional monarchy.
9) The legal system
is a mixed legal system of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law;
judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court at request of supreme
head of the federation.
10) Malaysia gained
independence on August 31st, 1957 from the UK.
11) Malaysias
national symbol is the tiger, which just so happens to be my favorite animal!
12) Kuala Lumpur is
the capital city.
13) Malaysia is 13
hours ahead of Washington, D.C.
14) In 2009 and
estimated 3.8% of the population was below the poverty line.
15) The exchange rate
is approximately 3 Ringgits (MYR) per US dollar
16) In 2009 an
estimated 100,000 people were living with HIV/AIDS.*
Don’t you feel so much smarter now?
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I’m at about 19% of my total monthly support goal. Please pray about getting involved and joining my monthly support team.
If 23 people commit to giving $50 a month then I’ll be at my monthly goal!!
One-time donations are great as well considering I’ll have several start-up cost expenses for the initial move.
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I couldn’t do this without the love, prayer and support from so many others. When I went on the World Race, it wasn’t just me out there, but so many more people had a hand in it. I love you all and can’t thank you enough for your involvement!
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.”
Hebrews 10:23
*All facts were gathered from the The World Factbook at www.cia.gov.
