Events
- February - Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA) is established.
- 29 March - Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra of Kelantan and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong dies. His body was brought back to Kelantan and laid to rest at Kelantan royal mausoleum, Langgar, Kota Bharu.
- 29 March - Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang is elected as the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
- April - Malaysia become the world's largest exporter of semiconductor industry.
- April - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. of Japan opened its factories in Shah Alam, Selangor.
- 7 May - RTM2 starts colour television broadcasts.
- 22 May - The Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad is founded
- September - Opening of the Karak Highway and Genting Sempah Tunnel.
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