Seremban Municipal Council

Seremban Municipal Council
	Majlis Perbandaran Seremban ; MPSNS
Agency overview
Formed	1897
Preceding agencies	1. Health Board; (Lembaga Kesihatan); 2. Seremban Town Council; (Majlis Bandaran Seremban);
Jurisdiction	Negeri Sembilan State Government
Headquarters	Majlis Perbandaran Seremban, Wisma Bandar Raya, Lot 24392, Persiaran Forest Heights 1, Jalan Seremban-Tampin 70450 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Motto	Mengutamakan Perkhidmatan Segera
Annual budget	MYR [ quantify ]
Agency executive	Datuk Haji Zazali Bin Salehudin, Yang DiPertua;
Website	www.mpsns.gov.my

Last updated December 17, 2019

Seremban Municipal Council (Malay : Majlis Perbandaran Seremban, abbreviated MPSNS) is a local authority in Malaysia which administers Seremban town and surrounding areas such as Senawang, Rasah, Mambau, Seremban 2, Seremban 3, Bandar Ainsdale, Bandar Sri Sendayan, Sikamat, Ampangan and Paroi. This agency is under the Negeri Sembilan State Government. MPSNS are 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 MPSNS main headquarters is located at Persiaran Forest Heights 1, Jalan Seremban-Tampin in Seremban town. The council is expected to have a name change to Seremban City Council (Majlis Bandaraya Seremban) ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] in 1 January 2020 once Seremban is officially declared as a city. This will also include the merging of Nilai Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran Nilai) into Seremban Municipal Council.

History

For more information, refer to Seremban, History

President of Seremban Municipal 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. ^[5]

Number	Name	Start Of Term	End of Term
1	YM Tunku Mustapha	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. ^[6]

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. ^[7]

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	Jabatan Komuniti Dan Perhubungan Awam (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	Local Center Unit (Unit Pusat Setempat)

Organisation Chart

The organisation chart of the Council can be found in the Council's official website. ^[8]

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References

External links

MPSNS Official Website

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[1] ttps://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2018/04/414803/seremban-berstatus-bandar-raya-2019

[2] ttp://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/seremban-dimasyhur-sebagai-bandar-raya-januari-2019-173468

[3] ttp://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/seremban-jadi-bandar-raya-tahun-depan-mb-162867

[4] ttps://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/01/14/seremban-set-to-soar-with-city-status/

[5] ttp://www.mpsns.gov.my/ms/mps/profil/latar-belakang

[6] ttp://www.mpsns.gov.my/ms/mps/profil/latar-belakang

[7] ttp://www.mpsns.gov.my/ms/mps/jabatan-dan-unit

[8] ttp://www.mpsns.gov.my/ms/mps/pengurusan/carta-organisasi