Seremban City Council

Seremban City Council (Malay: Majlis Bandaraya Seremban, abbreviated MBS) is the city council in Malaysia which administers Seremban, the state capital of Negeri Sembilan and the surrounding areas in the Seremban District since 1 January 2020. This agency is under the Negeri Sembilan State Government.[1][2]

Seremban City Council

Majlis Bandaraya Seremban
Coat of arms or logo
Coat of arms
Logo
Flag
Type
Type
History
Founded1 January 2020
Leadership
Mayor
Masri Razali
City Secretary
Mas Midyawan Yahya
Seats24
Meeting place
Wisma MBS, Persiaran Forest Heights 1, Jalan Seremban-Tampin 70450 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Website
www.mbs.gov.my
Footnotes
Merger of Seremban Municipal Council and Nilai Municipal Council on 1 January 2020.
Seremban City Council headquarters arch

History
Emblem of Seremban Municipal Council.
Former Seremban Municipal Council headquarters at Jalan Yamtuan, now the headquarters of the Negeri Sembilan Islamic Religious Affairs Department (Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Negeri Sembilan, JHEAINS).[3]
Emblem of Nilai Municipal Council.
Former Nilai Municipal Council Headquarters at Persiaran Pusat Bandar, Bandar Baru Nilai, now the Nilai branch office of the Seremban City Council.
Seremban City Council Hall at Jalan Yamtuan.

Seremban Sanitary Board and Seremban Town Board

The town of Seremban was previously administered by the Sanitary Board (Malay: Lembaga Kesihatan) in 1897, which was upgraded into the Town Board (Malay: Lembaga Bandaran) in 1946 following rapid post-war development of the town.

Seremban Town Council, 1953–1979

Seremban Town Board was upgraded to the Seremban Town Council (Malay: Majlis Bandaran Seremban) in 1953. From 1954 until 22 July 1965, the Seremban Town Council was led by a president (Malay: Yang Di Pertua) in the office yearly, occasionally sitting for more than a year. Like all local governments in Malaysia, it held annual local elections during that period. On 23 July 1965, the Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan took over the post of the president of the Seremban Town Council, which subsequently became the president of the Seremban Municipal Council (Malay: Majlis Perbandaran Seremban) when the town of Seremban was accorded municipality status on 1 March 1979.[4]

NumberNameStart Of TermEnd of Term
1YM Tunku Mustapha Tunku Besar Burhanuddin19541956
2Jaafar bin Tahar19571958
3Tham Tat Ming19591959
4Robert Singam19601960
5Lam Teck Choon19611961
6Chin See Yin19621962
7Gumam Singh Gill19631964
8Lai Pong Yuen196522 July 1965
9Mohamed Said Muhammad23 July 19659 May 1969
10Mansor Othman10 May 196911 July 1978

Seremban Municipal Council, 1979–2019

The trend of sitting Menteri Besar heading the council was overturned in 1998, when the head of the council was an independent individual.

NumberNameStart Of TermEnd of Term
1Rais Yatim12 July 197828 April 1982
2Mohd Isa Abdul Samad29 April 198231 July 1998
3Hassani @ Hassan Mohd. Zain1 August 19987 July 2003
4Mohd Jaafar Mohd Atan1 August 200315 August 2004
5Abdul Halim Abdul Latif1 September 200431 July 2018
6Zazali Salehudin1 August 201831 December 2019

Seremban District Council, 1979–2002

Meanwhile, the Seremban District Council (Malay: Majlis Daerah Seremban) was established on 1 January 1979 through the merger of 6 Local Authorities outside Seremban town itself,[5] which are:

  • Pajam Local Council (established in 1957)
  • Mantin Local Council (established in 1958)
  • Rantau Local Council Town Board (established in 1959)
  • Nilai Local Council Town Board (established in 1959)
  • Broga Local Council Town Board (established in 1959)
  • Labu Local Council Town Board (established in 1959)

7 Presidents have led the council throughout its history.

NumberNameStart Of TermEnd of Term
1Muhd Ghazali Muhd Ibrahim11 May 197830 June 1982
2Hamidi Bin Abd. Hamid01 July 198215 May 1983
3Abd Rahman Bin Hj. Ahmad16.05.198330.04.1987
4Abd Latiff Bin Datuk Masud01.05.198701.12.1991
5Ariffin Bin Hj. Yusof@Jusoh02.12.199101.12.1992
6Damanhuri Bin Hussin01.06.199331.05.1998
7Ahmad Zakki Bin Yahya01.06.199831.01.2002

Nilai Municipal Council, 2002–2019

The Seremban District Council was upgraded to the Nilai Municipal Council (Malay: Majlis Perbandaran Nilai) on 2 February 2002. It administered eight mukims (communes) in Seremban District and was led by 3 presidents before merger.

  • Mukim Setul
  • Mukim Labu
  • Mukim Rantau
  • Mukim Lenggeng
  • Mukim Pantai
  • Part of Rasah
  • Part of Ampangan
  • Part of metropolitan Seremban
NumberNameStart Of TermEnd of Term
1Noordin Mohd Yatib1 January 200331 December 2007
2Abdul Halim Abdul Latif1 January 200830 July 2018
3Zazali Salehudin1 August 201831 December 2019

Seremban City Council, 2020–present

Seremban Municipal Council and Nilai Municipal Council merged to form the Seremban City Council on 1 January 2020.[6][7][8]

Functions

Like all local governments in Malaysia, 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 the intersection between Persiaran Forest Heights 1 and Jalan Seremban-Tampin in Forest Heights, Rahang, immediately south of downtown Seremban. There are also branches at Bandar Baru Nilai, Jalan Keliling and Jalan Tengku Kursiah.[9]

Mayor of the Seremban City Council
NumberNameStart Of TermEnd of Term
1Zazali Salehudin[10]1 January 202022 July 2021
2Masri Razali[11]23 July 2021Incumbent

Departments

The council is made up of 11 departments and 7 units as follows.[12]

NumberDepartment
1Building Control Department (Jabatan Kawalan Bangunan)
2Finance Department (Jabatan Kewangan)
3Engineering Department (Jabatan Kejuruteraan)
4Services Management Department (Jabatan Khidmat Pengurusan)
5Community and Public Relations Department (Jabatan Komuniti Dan Perhubungan Awam)
6Licensing and Cleaning Department (Jabatan Pelesenan dan Pembersihan)
7Valuation and Property Department (Jabatan Penilaian dan Hartanah)
8Development Planning Department (Jabatan Perancangan Pembangunan)
9Department of Parks and Landscape (Jabatan Taman Dan Landskap)
10Department of Information Technology and Communication (Jabatan Teknologi Maklumat Dan Komunikasi)
11Law and Enforcement Department (Jabatan Undang-Undang dan Penguatkuasaan)
12Corporate Communication Unit (Unit Komunikasi Korporat)
13Integrity Unit (Unit Integriti)
14Building Commissioner Unit (Unit Pesuruhjaya Bangunan)
15One Stop Centre Unit (Unit Pusat Setempat)
16Internal Audit Unit (Unit Audit Dalaman)
17Meetings, Car Parking & Hall Secretariat Unit (Unit Urusetia Mesyuarat, Letak Kereta & Dewan)

References
  1. "Latar Belakang".
  2. "Background".
  3. "Portal Rasmi Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Negeri Sembilan - Utama".
  4. "Seremban Municipal Council". Archived from the original on 11 December 2019.
  5. "Nilai Municipal Council". Archived from the original on 8 December 2019.
  6. "Seremban now officially a city". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. "Istiadat Pengisytiharan Majlis Bandaraya Seremban". Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  8. "The ceremony of the Seremban City Council declaration". Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  9. "Hubungi Kami".
  10. Azzman Abdul Jamal (20 January 2020). "Seremban diisytiharkan bandar raya". Berita Harian. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  11. Badrul Hafizan Mat Isa (23 July 2021). "Masri Datuk Bandar Seremban yang baharu". Utusan Malaysia. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  12. "Jabatan & Unit".
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