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Last Updated: 09 AUGUST 2001
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ps3-080901.gif (6866 bytes) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo bids goodbye to Their Majesties (King) Yang Di-Pertuan Agong and the (Queen) Raja Permaisuri Agong during a farewell call at Istana Negara (Royal Palace) in Kuala Lumpur Thursday (August 9). The President ended her three-day state visit to Malaysia, forging business agreements and strengthening diplomatic ties with a strategic southern neighbor. (Malacanang Photo).
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo displays affection to a Filipino overseas worker during a dinner meeting with the Filipino community at the Shangri-La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday (August 8). Hundreds of Filipinos mobbed the President, refusing to even let her go without touching her or saying a word or two to her. (Malacaņang Photo)

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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and First Gentleman Atty. Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo pose for posterity at the Petronas Twin Towers during a visit to the world’s tallest building in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday (August 8). (Malacaņang Photo)

ps4-080801.GIF (6462 bytes) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo addresses the Malaysia-Philippines Business Forum during an assembly at Shangri-La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday (August 8). The President witnessed the signing of several business agreements between Filipino and Malaysian businessmen designed at strengthening economic partnership and harnessing potential for growth for both countries. (Malacanang Photo).
ps5-080801.GIF (6945 bytes) First Gentleman Atty. Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo exchanges pleasantries with Malaysian majesties (Queen) Raja Permaisuri Agong (L) and (King) Yang di-Pertuan Agong during the state banquet in honor of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur Tuesday night (August 7). The King said his country would continue to cooperate with the President in efforts to bring about peace and harmony in Mindanao. (Malacanang Photo)
ps3-080801.GIF (4630 bytes) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo witnesses the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding and exchange of documents between Malaysia’s Multimedia Corporation and the Department of Trade and Industry during ceremonies at the Malaysia and Philippine Business Forum at the Shangri-La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday (August 8). The MOU, which concerns a study on the feasibility of implementing the national multi-purpose smart card concept in the Philippines, was signed by Tan Sri Dato Dr. Othman Yeop Abdullah, executive chairman of the Multimedia Corp., and DTI Secretary Manuel Roxas II. (Malacanang Photo).
ps1-080801.GIF (5642 bytes) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gets assurance of the continued cooperation of Malaysia from the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah during the State Dinner the Malaysian King and Queen, Raja Permaisauri Agong (left), hosted Tuesday night (Aug. 7) at the Istana Negara. The President, First Gentleman Jose Miguel T. Arroyo (right) and the members of the Philippine delegation were honored with a State Banquet on the first night of their three-day state visit to Kuala Lumpur. (Malacaņang Photo)
ps2-080801.GIF (6226 bytes) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, with (from left) Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, their Majesties Raja Permaisuri Agong and Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, First Gentleman Jose Miguel T. Arroyo and the Prime Minister’s wife Datin Seri Dr. Siti Hasmah Binto Haji Mohd Ali, during the State Banquet Tuesday night (Aug. 7) at the Istana Negara. (Malacaņang Photo)
pb6-080701.GIF (4916 bytes) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, accompanied by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir, gets a panoramic view of the administrative capital of Putrajaya from the balcony of the sixth level of the Perdana Putra building in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday (Aug. 7). (Malacanang Photo).
ps5-080701.GIF (6252 bytes) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo exchanges pleasantries with His Majesty, the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, and his wife, Raja Permaisuri Agong, at the Shangri-la Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday (August 7). During their brief meeting, the President extended the fraternal greetings of the Filipino people to the Royal Family of Malaysia. (Malacaņang Photo)
ps4-080701.GIF (7063 bytes) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo walks with His Majesty, the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, and his wife, Raja Permaisuri Agong, (behind the President) upon her arrival at the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday (August 7). The President, now on the first leg of her three-day visit, underscored the importance of her visit to Malaysia as a "journey for security and stability" aimed at promoting greater cooperation between the two countries. (Malacaņang Photo)
ps3-080701.GIF (7080 bytes) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo reviews the Guard of Honor of Malaysia upon her arrival at the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday (August 7). The President is in Malaysia for a three-day state visit to deepen the friendship and spirit of cooperation between Manila and Kuala Lumpur governments. (Malacaņang Photo)
ps1-080701.gif (5032 bytes) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo greets Vice President Teofisto Guingona, Jr., who led government officials and members of the diplomatic corps in wishing her a successful three-day state visit to Malaysia. The President, accompanied by First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo and a small delegation of Cabinet members, left early Tuesday morning (Aug. 7) for Kuala Lumpur.
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gets a goodbye salute from a Tiboli tribesman before her departure Tuesday morning (Aug. 7) for a three-day state visit to Malaysia. Also extending the President their warm wishes for a successful journey are members of the Cabinet, Presidential Management Staff Head Victoria Garchitorena and Executive Secretary Alberto Romulo.