| MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT STATS: |
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Capital city
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Kuala Lumpur |
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Corruption
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5.1 |
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[39th of 160]
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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8% |
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[90th of 143]
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Procedures to register property > number
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5
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[109th of 167]
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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9.1 %
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[129th of 174]
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Start-up procedures to register a business > number
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9
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[95th of 171]
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Status
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federal pseudo-democracy |
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Suffrage
21 years of age; universal |
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Time required to build a warehouse > days
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281 days
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[28th of 168]
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Time required to enforce a contract > days
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450 days
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[92nd of 171]
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Time required to register property > days
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144 days
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[28th of 167]
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Time required to start a business > days
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30 days
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[102nd of 171]
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Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours
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190 hours
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[110th of 169]
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Time to resolve insolvency > years
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2.3 years
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[99th of 151]
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Trademarks, nonresidents
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13,076
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[9th of 99]
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Trademarks, residents
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9,082
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[18th of 98]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
Malaysia has asserted sovereignty over the Spratly Islands together with China, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and possibly Brunei; while the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has eased tensions over the Spratly Islands, it is not the legally binding "code of conduct" sought by some parties; Malaysia was not party to the March 2005 joint accord among the national oil companies of China, the Philippines, and Vietnam on conducting marine seismic activities in the Spratly Islands; disputes continue over deliveries of fresh water to Singapore, Singapore's land reclamation, bridge construction, and maritime boundaries in the Johor and Singapore Straits; in November 2007, the ICJ will hold public hearings in response to the Memorials and Countermemorials filed by the parties in 2003 and 2005 over sovereignty of Pedra Branca Island/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge; ICJ awarded Ligitan and Sipadan islands, also claimed by Indonesia and Philippines, to Malaysia but left maritime boundary and sovereignty of Unarang rock in the hydrocarbon-rich Celebes Sea in dispute; separatist violence in Thailand's predominantly Muslim southern provinces prompts measures to close and monitor border with Malaysia to stem terrorist activities; Philippines retains a dormant claim to Malaysia's Sabah State in northern Borneo; Brunei and Malaysia are still considering international adjudication over their disputed offshore and deepwater seabeds, where hydrocarbon exploration was terminated in 2003; Malaysia's land boundary with Brunei around Limbang is in dispute; piracy remains a problem in the Malacca Strait |
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UN membership date
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17 Sep. 1957 |
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United Nations mission
http://www.un.int/malaysia/ |
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Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood
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Embassy Row |
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