1. WEEK 6 WEEK 6 CHAPTER 3: MALAY CIVILIZATION (CONT.) 3.6. ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE. NOR’AFIFAH SIDIK CHAI YEN CHING

2. TECHNOLOGY IN MALAYSIA

3. Malaysia spends relatively little on research and development (R&D) compared with other technologically-advanced countries. Under the Eighth Malaysia Plan, a total of RM 1.507 billion has been allocated to provide funding for various science and technology programmes through a grant scheme. The money goes to research institutions and these are mainly the public universities (IPTAs) and the Government Research Institutions (GRI). In the year 2000, out of 10,000 members of the local workforce of the country, meaning those in the public sectors, only 15 were involved in R&D.

4. RESEARCHES IN MAJOR PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN MALAYSIA The major public universities which are active in research are:- Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Universiti Malaya (UM) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Thus far, for a period from year 2000–2003 under the 8 th Malaysia Plan the ministry has allocated a total of RM 358,895,326.00 to fund 1,245 projects in various public universities and government research institutions.

5. MINISTRY INVOLVED IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Health. The country is one of the world's largest exporters of semiconductor devices, electrical goods, and information and communication technology products. In an effort to create a self-reliant defensive ability and support national development, Malaysia privatised some of its military facilities in the 1970s. This has created a defence industry, which in 1999 was brought under the Malaysia Defence Industry Council.

6. Technology of Telecommunication in Malaysia First satellite operate by Malaysia is during 1996 which named MEASAT-1 and MEASAT-2. MEASAT-3 and MEASAT-3A was launched on 2006 and 2009 respectively. Malaysia successfully design and built first remote sensing satellite named TiungSAT-i. The satellite was launched into low earth orbit on 26 September 2000 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Malaysian second remote sensing satellite, RazakSAT was launched on 14 July 2009 and RazakSAT-2 was planned to be launched in 2015.

7. In early 2006, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor and three other finalists were selected for the Angkasawan spacelflight programme. This programme came about when Russia agreed to transport one Malaysian to the International Space Station as part of a multi-billion dollar purchase of 18 Russian Sukhoi Su-30MKM fighter jets by the Royal Malaysia Air Force. Malaysian remote sensing satelite, RazakSAT.