Penang Municipal Council
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Penang Island City Council Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang |
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City council of George Town and Penang Island
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| Founded | 1857 (as the George Town Municipal Council) |
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Mayor
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Yew Tung Seang (2018 – )
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City Secretary
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Addnan Mohd Razali (2018 – )
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| Seats | 24 |
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| Leading We Serve (Memimpin Sambil Berkhidmat) |
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| City Hall, George Town | |
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| www |
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| Previously known as the George Town City Council until 1976 and subsequently the Penang Island Municipal Council until 2014. | |
The Penang Island City Council is the local authority which administers the city of George Town and Penang Island. This agency is under 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 City Council, in a joint effort with Rapid Penang, runs a free shuttle bus service within the heart of George Town.
The headquarters of the Penang Island City Council is located within the City Hall in George Town, which had served as the seat of the George Town City Council until 1976. The City Council also has offices within Komtar, the tallest skyscraper in George Town.
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, 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, 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 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.
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