General Questions

Local Authority in Malaysia is divided into three categories as follows:

• City Council / City Hall
• Municipal Council
• District Council

 

The difference in the three categories are as follows:

• City Council/City Hall is a local authority which has been upgraded from municipal council status after having successfully achieved certain criteria which include the total population exceeding 500,000 people and the annual revenue exceeding RM100 million.
• Municipal Council refers to local authority in urban or town centre which has a total population exceeding 150,000 people and an annual revenue exceeding RM20 million.
• District Council District Council refers to local authority in rural area. The criteria stipulated for a District Council status is having a total population not exceeding 150,000 people and annual revenue less than RM20 million.

Statistic of Local Authorities are displayed here..

There are 155 local authorities in Malaysia and the respective details area as follows:

• 19 City Halls / City Councils (CH/CC);
• 40 Municipal Councils (MC);
• 92 District Councils (DC); and
• 4 Modified Local Authorities.

Currently, Telupid District Council in Sabah is the latest local authority.

Modified local authorities are the State Bodies bestowed by the State Government to deliver local authority functions in their locality. The Kulim Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Putrajaya Corporation, Labuan Corporation and Tioman Development Authority are the four (4) modified local authorities.

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So far there are 18 local Authorities that have received the status of City Council/Hall namely:

Dewan / Majlis Bandaraya	Negeri	Tarikh Diwartakan/Pengisytiharan
1) Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur	Wilayah Persekutuan	1 Februari 1972
2) Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh	Perak	27 Mei 1988
3) Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara	Sarawak	1 Ogos 1988
4) Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selatan	Sarawak	1 Ogos 1988
5) Majlis Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah	Melaka	15 April 1989
6) Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru	Johor	1 Januari 1994
7) Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu	Sabah	2 Februari 2000
8) Majlis Bandaraya Miri	Sarawak	20 Mei 2005
9) Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar	Kedah	21 Disember 2003
10) Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam	Selangor	10 Oktober 2000
11) Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya	Selangor	20 Jun 2006
12) Majlis Bandaraya Kuala Terengganu	Terengganu	1 Januari 2008
13) Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang	Pulau Pinang	1 Januari 2015
14) Majlis Bandaraya Iskandar Puteri	Johor	22 November 2017
15) Majlis Bandaraya Seberang Perai	Pulau Pinang	16 September 2019
16) Majlis Bandaraya Seremban	Negeri Sembilan	1 Januari 2020
17) Majlis Bandaraya Subang Jaya	Selangor	20 Oktober 2020
18) Majlis Bandaraya Pasir Gudang	Johor	22 November 2020
19) Majlis Bandaraya Kuantan	Pahang	21 Februari 2021

Yes, Local Authorities are subjected to the jurisdiction of State Government respectively. The term and reference in the MHLG is to coordinate policies, law standardization, provision of advisory services including technical and reimbursement allocation from Federal Government.

The public can do so direct to the Local Authority or through the Local Government Department / Ministry of Housing and Local Government.

Local Government Department can refer the problem concerned to the Local Authority by requesting the letter for the report. If the problem is serious, Local Government Department may request the Local Authority to submit further explanations and to act on it duly.

Bulk Rubbish is collected once a week.

The public can make a report or alert the Local Authority of the area so that the rubbish may be cleared as soon as possible.