Malaysia Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: Peninsular Malaysia-1,665 km 1.04-meter gauge; 13 km double track; government owned

East Malaysia: 136 km 1.000-meter gauge in Sabah

Highways: Peninsular Malaysia: 19,753 km total; 15,900 km hard surfaced {mostly bitu minous surface treatment), 3,000 km crushed stone/gravel, 883 km improved or unimproved earth

East Malaysia, about 5,426 km total (1,644 km in Sarawak, 3,782 km in babah); 819 km hard surfaced (mostly bituminous surface treatment), 2,936 km gravel or crushed stone, 1,671 km earth

Inland waterways: Peninsular Malaysia: 3,209 km

East Malaysia: 4,200 km (1,569 km in Sabah, 2,518 km in Sarawak)

Ports: Peninsular Malaysia: 3major, 14 minor

East Malaysia: 3 major, 12 minor (2 major, 3 minor in Sabah; 1 major 9 minor in Sarawak)

Civil air: approximately 28 major transport aircraft

Pipelines: crude oil, 707 km; natural gas, 379 km

Airfields: 136 total, 134 usable; 30 with permanent-surface runways; 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 19 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: Peninsular Malaysia-good intercity service provided mainly by microwave relay; international service good; good coverage by radio and television broadcasts; 609 288 telephones (5.13 per 100 popl.); 26 AM, 1 FM, 20 TV stations;

IOCON submarine cables extend to India; connected to SFACOM submarine cable terminal at Singapore by microwave relay; 2 international ground satellite stations; 1 domestic ground satellite station

Sabah: adequate intercity radio-relay network extends to Sarawak via Brunei; 43,000 telephones (3.94 per 100 popl.); 14 AM, 1 FM, 7 TV stations, SE ACOM submarine cable links to Hong Kong and Singapore; 1 ground satellite station

Sarawak adequate intercity radio-relay network extends to Sabah via Brunei, 64,512 telephones (4 65 per 100 popl.); 5 AM sta tions, no FM, 6 TV stations

NOTE: The information regarding Malaysia on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malaysia 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malaysia 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.