24-714: The Central Seberang Perai District is a district in Seberang Perai within the Malaysian state of Penang . The district covers the central third of Seberang Perai. It borders Northern Seberang Perai to the north, Kedah to the east and Southern Seberang Perai to the south. The district, along with the North and South Seberang Perai districts, falls under the jurisdiction of the Seberang Perai City Council . The Central Seberang Perai District
48-964: A local government area where the former deals with land administration and revenue while the latter deals with the planning and delivery of basic infrastructure to its inhabitants. Administrative district boundaries are usually congruent with local government area boundaries, but may sometimes differ especially in urbanised areas. For example, the Petaling District in Selangor is administered by three local authorities: Petaling Jaya City Council , Shah Alam City Council and Subang Jaya City Council ; conversely one local authority can administer more than one district, for example Northeast Penang Island District and Southwest Penang Island District in Penang are both administered by Penang Island City Council . Administrative district boundaries also provide
72-552: A Royal Commission of Enquiry was set up by the federal government under Senator Athi Nahappan, while the functions of the city council were temporarily transferred to the Chief Minister of Penang in 1966. The Royal Commission cleared the George Town City Council of the allegations of corruption and recommended the restoration of municipal elections. However, this was never carried out. Instead, in 1971,
96-417: A district is a subdivision of a state . A mukim ( commune , sub-district or parish ) is a subdivision of a district. In recent years, a mukim is however of less importance with respect to the administration of land; for land administrative purposes, major cities (e.g. Petaling Jaya ) are given an equal status with mukim. The state of Perlis is not divided into districts due to its size, but straight to
120-751: A free shuttle bus service within the heart of George Town. The headquarters of the city government is located within the City Hall in George Town, which had served as the seat of the George Town City Council until 1976. It also has offices within Komtar , the tallest skyscraper in the city . A committee of assessors for George Town was established in 1800, making it the first local government to be established within British Malaya . The committee, which consisted of British and local Asian ratepayers,
144-542: A fully elected local government. Five wards were created to elect one councillor each year, while the president of the municipal council was voted from amongst the councillors. On 1 January 1957, George Town became a city by a royal charter granted by Queen Elizabeth II , becoming the first city in the Federation of Malaya , and by extension, Malaysia . George Town remained Malaysia's only city (other than Singapore between 1963 and 1965) until 1972, when Kuala Lumpur
168-557: Is further divided into 23 subdivisions, officially known as mukims . density (/km) Districts of Malaysia Districts ( Malay : Daerah ; Jajahan in Kelantan ) are a type of administrative division below the state level in Malaysia . An administrative district is administered by a lands and district office ( pejabat daerah dan tanah ) which is headed by district officer ( pegawai daerah ). In Peninsular Malaysia ,
192-849: Is usually named after the main town or its administrative capital ; for example, the town of Sandakan is the capital of the Sandakan District, as well as the capital of Sandakan Division . Some larger districts are further divided into autonomous sub-districts ( daerah kecil ; literally "small district") before the mukim level. This is prevalent in Sarawak and Sabah , but also seen in Peninsular Malaysia in recent years, e.g. Lojing autonomous sub-district in Kelantan . Sub-districts in Sabah , however, are not divided into mukim. An administrative district can be distinguished from
216-603: The Mayor of Penang Island , who is assisted by the City Secretary and 24 councillors. The mayor's term lasts for two years, while each of the 24 councillors is appointed for a one-year term by the Penang state government . 22 of the councillors are selected by the component parties of the ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. Of these, 10 are appointed by the Democratic Action Party (DAP), eight by
240-706: The People's Justice Party (PKR) and four from the National Trust Party (Amanah). Following the 2023 state election that saw the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) forming an unprecedented political alliance with PH, the former is allocated one councillor post as well. Penang -based non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are allocated the remaining councillor post to allow for the participation in policy-making by civil societies. The current mayor of Penang Island
264-667: The City Council of George Town and the Rural District Council of Penang Island) Order 1974, which was sanctioned by the then Penang state government , stated that " ... the status of the City of George Town as a city shall continue to be preserved and maintained and shall remain unimpaired by the merger hereby effected. " The clause above implies that, although the legal entity for George Town had been superseded, George Town's city status remains intact and unchanged by
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#1732787081596288-476: The City of George Town, such as the City of George Town Ordinance 1957 and the City of George Town Liquefied Petroleum Gases By-Laws 1971. According to Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) trustee, Anwar Fazal, a lawyer by profession, George Town " legally has been and is still a city because the City of George Town Ordinance 1957 was never repealed ". In addition, Clause 3 of the Local Government (Merger of
312-603: The George Town City Council and the Penang Island Rural District Council were merged to form the Penang Island Municipal Council. This act also resulted in the consolidation of Penang 's local governments into two local governments, each administering one halve of the state - Penang Island and Seberang Perai . George Town 's royal charter provided that: With the legal entity for George Town being superseded by
336-718: The basis of boundaries for the parliamentary constituencies in the Malaysian Parliament . However this is not always the case; in heavily populated areas e.g. the Klang Valley and Kinta Valley there is serious overlap between district, local government and parliamentary boundaries. In the 11 states of the Peninsular Malaysia including the Federal Territories , there are townships (precinct for Putrajaya) that been administered by
360-570: The district office and also the state government . For a list, see Category:Mukims of Malaysia . However, two states and one federal territory in Malaysia is not divided into any townships. City Council of Penang Island The Penang Island City Council ( abbrev. MBPP ) is the local government that administers the city of George Town , which includes the entirety of Penang Island . The city council, which has jurisdiction over an area of 306 km (118 sq mi), falls under
384-463: The entirety of Penang Island as well as five of the surrounding islets. This also makes George Town the only city in Malaysia to be conferred city status twice, first by Queen Elizabeth II , and then by the Malaysian federal government. Patahiyah binti Ismail was subsequently installed as the Mayor of Penang Island , the first female mayor in Penang 's history. The city council is headed by
408-519: The local elections were abolished by 1913. In 1951, the British colonial authorities reintroduced municipal elections of nine of the fifteen municipal commissioners for George Town, the first municipal council in Malaya to do so. For the municipal elections, George Town was divided into three wards - Tanjung, Kelawei and Jelutong. By 1956, George Town became the first municipality in Malaya to have
432-461: The merger of the local governments in 1974, the Malaysian federal government was of the view that George Town no longer existed as a city. The city of George Town was omitted in federal government publications and maps. Despite this, most citizens of Penang contend that George Town is still a city to this day, as George Town's city status was technically never revoked. Several federal and municipal ordinances and by-laws still in use today refer to
456-477: The merger of the local governments. In 2008, the newly-elected Penang state government, announced that they would revive the commemorations of George Town's city status from 1 January 2009. In 2015, the Malaysian federal government elevated the Penang Island Municipal Council into the present-day Penang Island City Council. In effect, the jurisdiction of the city of George Town was expanded to cover an area of 305.77 km (118.06 sq mi), encompassing
480-474: The mukim level. The Federal Territories and Labuan are also not divided into districts; however Kuala Lumpur is divided into several mukim for land administration purposes. Putrajaya is divided into precincts . In East Malaysia , a district is a subdivision of a division ( bahagian ) of a state. For example, Tuaran is a district within the West Coast Division of Sabah . A district
504-407: The purview of the Penang state government . The Penang Island City Council is responsible for urban planning, heritage preservation, public health, sanitation, waste management, traffic management, environmental protection, building control, social and economic development, and general maintenance of urban infrastructure. In addition, the local government, in a joint effort with Rapid Penang , runs
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#1732787081596528-508: The two local councils on Penang Island - the George Town City Council and the Penang Island Rural District Council, the latter of which administered the rural southwest of Penang Island - were taken over by the Penang state government. In addition, the state government, controlled at the time by Gerakan and led by Lim Chong Eu as the chief minister, also decided to continue the suspension of Penang's local government elections. In 1974, both
552-533: Was also granted city status. The first mayor of George Town was D. S. Ramanathan , a Labour Party politician. In 1965, the Malaysian federal government suspended local elections as a result of the Indonesian Confrontation . The George Town City Council was at the time the richest local council in the country, with annual revenue almost double that of the Penang state government . In response to allegations of maladministration and misconduct,
576-829: Was tasked with the valuation of property within the new settlement. In 1857, the George Town Municipal Commission was officially established. It consisted of five members and was led by the Resident-Councillor of Penang . Three of the Municipal Commissioners were to be elected by expatriate ratepayers and Straits-born British citizens, making the Municipal Commission the first, albeit partially, elected local government within British Malaya. However,
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