Difference between revisions of "Malaysia" Revision as of 13:02,
5 February 2013 Malaysia  is a country in Southeast Asia,
located partly on a peninsula of the Asian mainland and partly
on the northern third of the island of Borneo. West (peninsular)
Malaysia shares a border with Thailand, is connected by a
causeway and a bridge (the 'second link') to the island state of
Singapore, and has coastlines on the South China Sea and the
Straits of Malacca. East Malaysia (Borneo) shares borders with
Brunei and Indonesia. Malaysia is a mix of the modern world and
a developing nation. With its investment in the high technology
industries and moderate oil wealth, it has become a rich nation
in Southeast Asia. Malaysia, for most visitors, presents a happy
mix: there is high-tech infrastructure and things generally work
well and more or less on schedule, but prices remain more
reasonable than, say, Singapore. Before the rise of the European
colonial powers, the Malay peninsula and the Malay archipelago
were home to empir