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This page deals with events from November 2005 that took place in or are of interest to Malaysia and Singapore, and/or events that involved Malaysians and/or Singaporeans.

To read and write about Malaysia and Singapore current events in detail, please visit our sibling project, Wikinews at Malaysia and Singapore.

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7 November 2005 (Monday)

• The Asian Children's Festival (ACF), an annual event organized by the National Library Board, opens in Woodlands Regional Library to promote the habit of lifelong learning from childhood. (Xinhua)
• Singapore licenses a new vaccine, called Rotarix, developed by drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to protect infants against rotavirus gastroenteritis. (CNA)

6 November 2005 (Sunday)

5 November 2005 (Saturday)

• Measures against avian influenza: Jurong Bird Park is putting 19 chickens, bred without any immunity, in all its aviaries to help detect the presence of any infectious disease. (CNA)
• The Malay Heritage Centre receives a S$2 million donation from Lee Foundation, the biggest single donation it has received to date. (CNA)

4 November 2005 (Friday)

• A fire breaks out at a movie theatre in Suria KLCC, which is part of the Petronas Towers shortly before midnight. Nobody is believed to be seriously injured from the fire. (Seattle P-I) (BBC)

• Singapore's Ministry of Defence has purchased two Västergötland class submarines from Kockums AB of Sweden to enhance the submarine capabilities of the Singapore Navy. The sumbarines are expected to enter service from 2010. (CNA)

3 November 2005 (Thursday)

• Two school basketball teams from United World College and Republic Polytechnic begin a 52-hour basketball marathon to raise S$100,000 donation to help tsunami victims at Banda Aceh. If the game lasts for that duration, it will set a new Guinness World Record. (CNA)

2 November 2005 (Wednesday)

• Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo has written to Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Labor Minister Kevin Rudd reinforcing and explaining the decision not to grant clemency to Nguyen Tuong Van who was sentenced to the death penalty for drug trafficking. (news.com.au)(CNA)

• In his traditional Hari Raya message, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, emphasised that the Singapore Muslim community rejected any individual or group that subscribed or supported the terrorist ideology. (CNA)

• A robber posing as a postman robs RM90,000 from a bank in Kajang. (The Star)

1 November 2005 (Tuesday)

• Petronas claims a net profit increase of 23% in its first half of the year through September. (The Star)

• Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak advises the BN coalition to prepare by-elections due to the death of assemblyman Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Jaafar on October 30. (The Star)

Past Malaysian and Singaporean events by month

2005: January February March April May June July August September October

(For earlier events in Malaysia and Singapore, see December 2004 and preceding months.)

News collections and sources

• Wikipedia:News collections and sources.
• Wikipedia:News sources - This has much of the same material organised in a hierarchical manner to help encourage NPOV in our news reporting.

Malaysia

• New Straits Times [1]
• The Star [2]
• Bernama [3]
• The Malay Mail [4]
• Daily Express [5] (mainly Sabah news)

Singapore

• Channel NewsAsia [6]
• The Straits Times [7]
• The Business Times [8]
• The New Paper [9]

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