Malaysia has its irigins in the Malay Kingdoms present in the area which, from the 18th century, became subject to the British Empire. The first British Territories were known as the Straits Settlements, whose establishment was followed by the Malay kingdoms becoming British protectorates. The territorieson Peninsular Malaysia were first unified as the Malayan Union in 1946. Malaya was restructured as the Federation og Malaya in 1948, and achived independence on 31 August 1957. Malaya united with Sabah, Ssarawak, and Singapore on 16 September 1963, with is being added to give the new country the name Malaysia. However, less than two years later 1965, Singapore was expelled from the federation . Since independence, Malaysia has had one of the best economic records in Asia, with GDP growing an average 6.5% for almost 50 years. The economy has traditionally been fueled by its natural resources, but is expanding in the sectors of science, tourism, commerce and medical tourism.
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