Seremban City Council
Majlis Bandaraya Seremban MBS | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1897 |
Preceding agencies |
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Jurisdiction | Negeri Sembilan State Government |
Headquarters | Majlis Bandaraya Seremban, Wisma MBS, Persiaran Forest Heights 1, Jalan Seremban-Tampin 70450 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan |
Motto | Mampan Bersih Sejahtera |
Annual budget | No data |
Website | www |
Footnotes | |
Merger of Seremban Municipal Council and Nilai Municipal Council on 1 January 2020. |
Seremban City Council (Malay: Majlis Bandaraya Seremban, abbreviated MBS) is the city council in Malaysia which administers Seremban, the capital of Negeri Sembilan, and the surrounding Seremban (district). This agency is under the Negeri Sembilan State Government.
History[]
Seremban City Council was formed on 1 January 2020, following the merger of the Seremban Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran Seremban) and Nilai Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran Nilai), which administers Nilai town and the sub-urban districts of Seremban region.[1][2] For more information, refer to Seremban, History
Functions[]
MBS is responsible for public health and sanitation, waste removal and management, town planning, environmental protection and building control, social and economic development and general maintenance functions of urban infrastructure. The main headquarters is located at Persiaran Forest Heights 1, Jalan Seremban-Tampin in Seremban town.
Location[]
Seremban City Council covers the entirety of the Seremban district. Clockwise from the north, it borders.
- Jelebu District Council (Majlis Daerah Jelebu);
- Kuala Pilah District Council (Majlis Daerah Kuala Pilah);
- Rembau District Council (Majlis Daerah Rembau);
- Port Dickson Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran Port Dickson); as well as
- Kajang Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran Kajang) and Sepang Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran Sepang) across the border in Selangor.
Mayor of Seremban City Council[]
From 1954, the council was led by a president in the office yearly, occasionally sitting for more than a year. On 23 July 1965, the head of the council was handed over to the current Menteri Besar.[3]
Number | Name | Start Of Term | End of Term |
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1 | YM Tunku Mustapha Tunku Besar Burhanuddin | 1954 | 1956 |
2 | Jaafar bin Tahar | 1957 | 1958 |
3 | Tham Tat Ming | 1959 | 1959 |
4 | Robert Singam | 1960 | 1960 |
5 | Lam Teck Choon | 1961 | 1961 |
6 | Chin See Yin | 1962 | 1962 |
7 | Gumam Singh Gill | 1963 | 1964 |
8 | Lai Pong Yuen | 1965 | 22 July 1965 |
Following the Local Governments Act 1976 (Akta Kerajaan Tempatan 1976), the council's head was referred to as Yang DiPertua. The sitting Menteri Besar headed the council's trend was overturned in 1998 where the head of the council was an independent individual.[4]
Number | Name | Start Of Term | End of Term |
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1 | YAB Dato' Rais Bin Yatim | 1978 | 1982 |
2 | YAB Dato' Seri Utama Tan Sri Hj Mohd Isa Bin Dato` Hj Abdul Samad | 1982 | 31 Julai 1998 |
3 | Dato' Haji Hassani @ Hassan Bin Mohd. Zain | 1 August 1998 | 7 July 2003 |
4 | Dato' Mohd Jaafar Bin Mohd Atan | 1 August 2003 | 15 August 2004 |
5 | Dato' Haji Abdul Halim Bin Haji Abdul Latif | 1 September 2004 | 31 July 2018 |
6 | Dato' Haji Zazali Bin Salehudin | 1 August 2018 | 22 July 2021 |
7 | Dato' Masri bin Razali | 23 July 2021 | Incumbent |
Departments[]
The council is made up of 14 department as follows.[5]
Number | Department |
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1 | Building Control Department (Jabatan Kawalan Bangunan) |
2 | Finance Department (Jabatan Kewangan) |
3 | Engineering Department (Jabatan Kejuruteraan) |
4 | Services Management Department (Jabatan Khidmat Pengurusan) |
5 | Community and Public Relations Department (Jabatan Komuniti Dan Perhubungan Awam) |
6 | Licensing and Cleaning Department (Jabatan Pelesenan dan Pembersihan) |
7 | Valuation and Property Department (Jabatan Penilaian dan Hartanah) |
8 | Development Planning Department (Jabatan Perancangan Pembangunan) |
9 | Department of Parks and Landscape (Jabatan Taman Dan Landskap) |
10 | Department of Information Technology and Communication (Jabatan Teknologi Maklumat Dan Komunikasi) |
11 | Law and Enforcement Department (Jabatan Undang-Undang dan Penguatkuasaan) |
12 | Internal Audit Unit (Unit Audit Dalaman) |
13 | Building Commissioner Unit (Unit Pesuruhjaya Bangunan) |
14 | One Stop Centre Unit (Unit Pusat Setempat) |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Seremban now officially a city". Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Istiadat Pengisytiharan Majlis Bandaraya Seremban". Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ http://www.mpsns.gov.my/ms/mps/profil/latar-belakang
- ^ http://www.mpsns.gov.my/ms/mps/profil/latar-belakang
- ^ http://www.mpsns.gov.my/ms/mps/jabatan-dan-unit
External links[]
- Local government in Negeri Sembilan
- City councils in Malaysia
- Seremban