Seremban City Council

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Seremban City Council
Majlis Bandaraya Seremban
MBS
Majlis Bandaraya Seremban (MBS) seal.
Agency overview
Formed1897
Preceding agencies
  • 1. Health Board
    (Lembaga Kesihatan)
  • 2. Seremban Town Council
    (Majlis Bandaran Seremban)
JurisdictionNegeri Sembilan State Government
HeadquartersMajlis Bandaraya Seremban, Wisma MBS, Persiaran Forest Heights 1, Jalan Seremban-Tampin 70450 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
MottoMampan Bersih Sejahtera
Annual budgetNo data
Websitewww.mbs.gov.my
Footnotes
Merger of Seremban Municipal Council and Nilai Municipal Council on 1 January 2020.

Seremban City Council (Malay: Majlis Bandaraya Seremban, abbreviated MBS) is a local authority in Malaysia which administers Seremban, the capital of Negeri Sembilan, and the surrounding. This agency is under the Negeri Sembilan State Government.

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 Seremban district. Clockwise from 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.


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

Mayor of Seremban City Council

From 1954, the Council was led by a President who was in office on a yearly basis, occasionally sitting for more than a year. On 23 July 1965, the head of the Council was handed over to the current Menteri Besar at the time. [3]

Number Name Start Of Term End of Term
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 head of the Council was referred to as Yang DiPertua. The trend of the Council was headed by the sitting Menteri Besar was overturned in 1998 where the head of the Council was an independent individual. [4]

Number Name Start Of Term End of Term
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 Datuk Haji Zazali Bin Salehudin 1 August 2018 Incumbent

Departments

The Council is made up of 14 department as follows. [5]

Number Department
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)

Organisation Chart

The organisation chart of the Council can be found in the Council's official website. [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Seremban now officially a city". Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Istiadat Pengisytiharan Majlis Bandaraya Seremban". Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ http://www.mpsns.gov.my/ms/mps/profil/latar-belakang
  4. ^ http://www.mpsns.gov.my/ms/mps/profil/latar-belakang
  5. ^ http://www.mpsns.gov.my/ms/mps/jabatan-dan-unit
  6. ^ http://www.mpsns.gov.my/ms/mps/pengurusan/carta-organisasi

External links

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