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by Nagathisen Katahenggam
Flag adopted 1st February 2001
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Putrajaya is supposed to be the administrative capital (something like Brasilia). In actual fact, the whole project is extremely controversial and many consider it absolutely unnecessary — especially with the last economic crisis that hit the region. One of the major criticisms of Putrajaya is that the local government for that territory has been taken away from the people and given to a private corporation. Many believe this is just another real estate project (...).
Robert Kee, 1 March 2001
On February 1st 2001, a new federal territory was declared by means of the federal government annexing a southern district of the state of Selangor. I have been looking for some information on Internet about the new territory's symbols and flag but I have not been very successful. The closest I came to was from the Putrajaya Official Website which has a