Malaysian

Malaysia is a federation of thirteen states in Southeast

Asia.The country consists of two geographical regions divided

by the South China Sea:

Peninsular Malaysia (or West Malaysia) on the Malay Peninsula

shares a land border on the north with Thailand and is

connected by the Johor-Singapore Causeway and the

Malaysia-Singapore Second Link to the south with Singapore. It

consists of nine sultanates (Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Negeri

Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor and Terengganu), two

states headed by governors (Malacca and Penang), and two

federal territories (Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur).[3]
Malaysian Borneo (or East Malaysia) occupies the northern part

of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia and surrounding

the Sultanate of Brunei. It consists of the states of Sabah and

Sarawak and the federal territory of Labuan.
The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation of

Malaya (Malay: Persekutuan Tanah Melayu), Singapore, Sabah and

Sarawak formed a 14-state federation.[4] Singapore was expelled

from the federation in 1965 and subsequently became an

independent country.

Although politically dominated by the Malays, modern Malaysian

society is heterogeneous, with substantial Chinese and Indian

minorities.[6] Malaysian politics have been noted for their

allegedly communal nature;[7] the three major component parties

of the Barisan Nasional each restrict membership to those of

one ethnic group. However, the only major intercommunal

violence the country has seen since independence was the May 13

racial riots of 1969 that occurred in the wake of an election

campaign that was dominated by racial issues.


JOHOR BAHRU HOTEL MALAYSIA
The Hyatt Regency Johor Bahru Hotel enjoys a dynamic location

fronting the Straits of Johor at the centre of this

southern-most Malaysian city. Our Malaysian hotel is near the

Sultan's Palace, 10 minutes from downtown and just 30 minutes

across the causeway to downtown Singapore.


Hyatt Regency Johor Bahru
Jalan Sungai Chat, P.O. Box 222, 80720 Johor Bahru,
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Tel: +60 7 222 1234 Fax: +60 7 223 2718
Email: reservations@hrjb.com.my
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