The LDS Church has had a presence in
Malaysia for less than 40 years. When the
Singapore Mission of the church was established in 1974, Malaysia was within the boundaries of the mission.
Mormon missionaries were rotated in and out of the country on 30-day tourist visas to comply with Malaysian law. After the government granted the LDS Church recognition status in 1977, Elder and Sister Werner Kiepe were sent as senior missionaries to Malaysia. They helped acquire the first property owned by the church in Malaysia in the suburb of
Kuala Lumpur. Church membership was small with many members being Americans, Australians temporarily working in the country; there were also some Chinese members living in the country. A milestone was reached when two native Malaysian men were called in 1981 to serve as missionaries in the Singapore Mission. In the same year, a
district was organised in Malaysia. In 1986, the
seminary and institute program was established in the country. In 1990, King
Syed Putra Jamallulail, the Raja of
Perlis, was honoured during a visit at the church's
Polynesian Cultural Center in
Laie, Hawaii. Though it was the first groundbreaking of a meetinghouse in Malaysia, it was the second meetinghouse dedicated in the country. On 2 August 2003, the Malaysia district holds its women's conference. Latter-day Saint Charities, the humanitarian arm of the Church, assisted 15 Malaysian communities with providing a reliable supply of clean drinking water. ==Districts==