, " ". , , . , . , " , , . , , , . ". , , , , , , , . . , 50- - " ", " " , - . , . , 1964 , (Prophet Mohammed), , , . , . , . : " , , , ". . , 1977 , , 3% (common shares) , " " (management shares). , " ", . . . , , . 80- , , . , -. , . , , , . 1986 , , . " " , . , , . , , . , . , , . , , "" (Time). 1986 , . - , . "" , , , . - , . , , , 18,000 9,000, - 2,000 . "" . , , 8 . 1986 " " (Asian Wall Street Journal) (SESDAQ - Stock Exchange of Singapore Dealing in Automated Quotation System). , . . , , , , . , , , , . , , . , . 1987 5,000 400 . . , . . , " ", " " "" . , , , " ". , , - . , , , . , - , , " ". , " , , ". , , . , . . , , . . " " , - . " , , , , ". , , . , , , , , . , , , . , . . : " , . ". . 1987 " " (Asia Week) . - , . (" ?") -. , 470 , , - . - , , , . . , , 11,000 500 . . , . 1987 " " (Far Eastern Economic Review) , 22 , . , , . , - , . , . - , , , , . (Derek Davies) , . . , , , , . , , , , , . , - , , , , . . "" 9,000 500 , . . , - . , , . -, , , , . , "" , , - . 1989 , , . "". , " ", (American Society of Newspaper Editors) , 1986 . . : "..., , ". , . , , : " , , , ". : " , , . , . , , . , , , . . , (America's Federal Communication Commission) 25% - . , . , (Rupert Murdock) , 1985 " " (Metromedia Group)". , . . , , . , , . 1993 "" (The Economist) , , " " (Official Secrets Act). , . , " , ". : " " ", , , (Clive Ponting) (Peter Wright) "" (Spycatcher)". , - , , . , , (Falklands War), "" (Belgrano), , -6 (MI-6), , . . . 7,500 . , , . "" , . . , . 1990 (Bernard Levin) "" (Times). " ", " ". , , , . . , . , -- (BBC), (Marmaduke Hussey), 30 . "" , , , , , , , , - "". . "" , - "" (Independent). -- (BBC World Service) : " , , , , ". . , , (William Safire), , (Saddam Hussein). 1999 , , . "- ", - . . , -, . , , , , , . , , . , , . , . 1998 , , , , , , . , . .  15. . 3-4 . , . , . . , , - . , , . , . , . , . , . , " ", , . , , . , , , . . - - . , : , , - , . , , , . , - . . . , - . , , , , . . , , , . ; ; ; -; . , . , -. " " . , . , - , " - " ("" - Malaysian-Singapore Airlines). 1968 , , -, , , "". , , " ". ; . , , . , , . (Ghazali Shafie) . , , . , . , , , 1-2 , 1971 . , , . , 1971 . . , , . , , . - "-" (Fokker-Friendship), . . , , . - (Paya Lebar), - , , . . "" (Lim Chin Beng), . , , , 1971 . , , , -. , . , . , 1972 , " " " " (Malaysia Airline System). , , " " - . 1966 , - 1967 , - 1968 . , . 1970 , (Lusaka), , , . , , . , , , . -, (Arthur de la Mare) . : , . , : --. " " . , , - . 1972 , " ", , , " " . , . , , . , . " ". , , . 1996 "" "" (Airbus) , . , , , - . . 1972 - - 1977-1978 . (Serangoon River). , , , . , , , - 1977 . 1973 , , . , - . -. , . - (Boston Logan Airport). , , , . - - , . , , - 1977 , - -. , , - . , . (Howe Yoon Chong), , "". 1975 , , -. , - 1980 , - 1982 , - - 1984 , . . - , , , . , , , . . . - 1975 1982 400 . . , . , , . 1981 , . 800 , , 1.5 - , 1984 . . 20 ( 12 ), , . . , , - , , . 20- . , - . . . -, , . . . - , , , . . , . (A. Vijiaratnam) (Lim Hock San), , 1980 . 1981 , , , . , . , , . . , , , . , , . : , , , -, , . , , . . 1975 . ( - Central business district) , . , . , , , , . , . , , , ; 3