Taiping Municipal Council

Taiping Municipal Council
Majlis Perbandaran Taiping
Agency overview
Formed 1930 (1930)
Preceding agency
  • Taiping Local Authority Administration Board
Jurisdiction Taiping
Headquarters 34000 Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
Agency executive
  • Abd Rahim Md. Ariff, President
  • Secretary
Website www.mptaiping.gov.my

The Taiping Municipal Council (Malay: Majlis Perbandaran Taiping, abbreviated MPT) is the municipal council which administers Taiping in the state of Perak, Malaysia. This council was established after the township. Their jurisdiction covers an area of 186.46 square kilometres.[1]

The council consists of the mayor plus twenty-three councillors appointed to serve a one-year term by the Perak State Government. MPT 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

History

MPT started as a Sanitary Board in 1874, formed by the British. From its gradual and sturdy development, it obtained Larut & Matang District Council (MDLM) its Municipal status on 1 September 1979.[1]

In general, the council as the local authority, is a Corporate Body established under the Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171), being the body responsible for managing the Taiping area based on local interest, as well as a local planning authority under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Act 172); MPT is directly tasked by Law to formulate and implement development planning policies based on centralised locality in accordance to the policies set by the Government.[1]

Administrative area

Current and predicted Taiping town population.

Currently, the boundary of the Council covers an area of 186.46 square kilometres with a population of over 198,112 people.

The following towns, suburbs, and neighbourhoods comprise the area formally (and collectively) under MPT:

Current appointed councillors

Here are the appointed councillors from 2018 to December 2019 :-

  1. YBhg. Dato' Hj Abd Rahim bin Md Ariff
  2. Clr En. Jumaidi bin Bukhiar - PPBM
  3. Clr Tn. Hj. Fuaddin bin Hj. Kamaruddin - PPBM
  4. Clr En. Mohd. Saad bin Ismail - AMANAH
  5. Clr En. Mohd. Yaakob b. Abdullah Puad - AMANAH
  6. Clr. En. Naliraja a/l Sengodan - AMANAH
  7. Clr. En. Sharudin bin Ahmad Sani - AMANAH
  8. Clr En. Mohd. Azuan bin Ismail - AMANAH
  9. Clr. En. Ibrahim Nasser b. Baruk Ibrahim - PKR
  10. Clr Pn. Intan Sharina bt. Sharudin - PKR
  11. Clr Pn. Ong Ling Cui - PKR
  12. Clr En. Leong Woon Yin - DAP
  13. Clr En. Lau Chang Ee - DAP
  14. Clr Pn. Chin Huicy - DAP
  15. Clr En. Ng Kean Yeap - DAP
  16. Clr En. Ong Seng Guan - DAP
  17. Clr. En. Ng Su Voon - DAP
  18. Clr En. Khaw Eng Lien - DAP
  19. Clr En. Chang Pik Sheng - DAP
  20. Clr En. Ng Chi Chong - DAP
  21. Clr Pn. Leow Chiow Yuen - DAP
  22. Clr En. Jokin a/l Nayana Manikam - DAP
  23. Clr En. Kuang Kok Hoo - DAP

References

  1. 1 2 3 primuscoreadmin (21 October 2015). "Background".
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