Taiping Municipal Council

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]

Taiping Municipal Council
Majlis Perbandaran Taiping
Agency overview
Formed1930 (1930)
Preceding agency
  • Taiping Local Authority Administration Board
JurisdictionTaiping
Headquarters34000 Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
MottoMPT Cemerlang Sepanjang Masa
Agency executive
  • YBrs Tuan Khairul Amir bin Mohamad Zubir, President (Yang Dipertua Majlis Perbandaran)
Websitewww.mptaiping.gov.my

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 2021 to 2023 :-

  1. YBrs Tuan Khairul Amir bin Mohamad Zubir
  2. Tuan Haji Shariful Juhari bin Abu Kassim
  3. Encik Shaizulzaili bin Sharin @ Awang
  4. Encik Ahmad bin Man
  5. Encik Abu Samah bin Abu Hanapiah
  6. Encik Ibrahim bin Ismail
  7. Puan Norhanim binti Mohd Zain
  8. Encik Muhammad Faisal bin Abdul Rahman
  9. Encik Mohd Kahar Shamsudin bin Tahir
  10. Puan Saliza binti Ahmad
  11. Encik Ghaffarud-din bin Usulud-din
  12. YBhg. Datuk Ton Zailani bin Haji Mat Darus
  13. Encik Mohd Effendy bin Mohamad Zailani
  14. YBhg. Datin Hajah Yatimah binti Khalid
  15. Encik Chong Jia Jien
  16. Encik Lee Wei Ting
  17. Encik Veeran a/l Muniandy
  18. Encik Mohd A'zurin bin Abd Wahab
  19. Encik Mohd Kamal Arifin bin Mat Arshad
  20. Encik Mohamad Annuar bin Ariffin
  21. Encik Mohamad Aizuddin bin Mohamad Noor
  22. Tuan Haji Faisal bin Mohd Hanafiah
  23. Encik Copusamy a/l Govindasamy
  24. Encik Rahim bin Ismail
  25. Puan Nurul Aziera binti Mazlan

References
  1. primuscoreadmin (21 October 2015). "Background".
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