Malaysian authorities are discussing possible salvage efforts with Sun Cruises, the Singapore owner of a luxury liner that sank off Malaysia last week, a news report said yesterday.

昨日有新闻报道称，马来西亚当局正与新加坡的太阳邮轮公司讨论可能采取的打捞行动。上周该公司的一艘豪华客轮在马来西亚海域沉没。

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The ringgit (currency code MYR; unofficially known as the Malaysian dollar), is the official monetary unit of Malaysia.

林吉特(货币代码myr；非正式被公认为马来西亚元)是马来西亚的官方货币单位。

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Malaysia was formed in 1963 when the former British colonies of Singapore and the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo joined the Federation.

1963年，当先前的英国殖民地新加坡，还有位于婆罗洲北海岸的东马来国家沙巴和砂劳越加入联盟后，马来西亚诞生了。

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Malaysia's relations with Singapore are even tenser than Hong Kong's, and the Malaysian government controls Malaysia Telekom, the state-owned carrier.

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Singaporean leaders, it seems, would rather drink their own purified effluent than rely on Malaysia for anything, while their Malaysian counterparts cannot resist the temptation to pick a populist fight with their former compatriots.

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On Nov. 13, a Malaysian consortium will launch its second Malaysia East Asia Satellite, MEASAT-2.

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