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Subang Jaya City Council ( MBSJ ; Malay : Majlis Bandaraya Subang Jaya ) is the city council which is in charge of the Subang Jaya city and the southern parts of Petaling district. This agency is under Selangor state government of Malaysia . MBSJ are responsible for the public's 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 MBSJ headquarters is located in UEP Subang Jaya .

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12-540: Mersing District is one of the 10 districts district in Johor , Malaysia. Its seat is located at Mersing Town. The "Mersing" name is derived from the Chinese "Mau Sheng Port" (茂盛港) since 1880 and further simplify to Mersing. Mersing's Chinese name was renamed to "Feng Sheng Port" (丰盛港), with the meaning of good harvest. There are also said that Mersing's name is derived from Sikh traders who named Amir Singh and Men Singh. Beside

24-529: A district within the West Coast Division of Sabah . A district is usually named after the main town or its administrative capital ; for example, the town of Sandakan is the capital of the Sandakan District, as well as the capital of Sandakan Division . Some larger districts are further divided into autonomous sub-districts ( daerah kecil ; literally "small district") before the mukim level. This

36-620: Is divided into 10 mukims , which are: The main economy activities in the district are ecotourism , fishery, marine activities, agriculture and light manufacturing. List of districts in Malaysia Districts ( Malay : Daerah ; Jajahan in Kelantan ) are a type of administrative division below the state level in Malaysia . An administrative district is administered by a lands and district office ( pejabat daerah dan tanah ) which

48-431: Is headed by district officer ( pegawai daerah ). In Peninsular Malaysia , a district is a subdivision of a state . A mukim ( commune , sub-district or parish ) is a subdivision of a district. In recent years, a mukim is however of less importance with respect to the administration of land; for land administrative purposes, major cities (e.g. Petaling Jaya ) are given an equal status with mukim. The state of Perlis

60-400: Is not divided into districts due to its size, but straight to the mukim level. The Federal Territories and Labuan are also not divided into districts; however Kuala Lumpur is divided into several mukim for land administration purposes. Putrajaya is divided into precincts . In East Malaysia , a district is a subdivision of a division ( bahagian ) of a state. For example, Tuaran is

72-770: Is prevalent in Sarawak and Sabah , but also seen in Peninsular Malaysia in recent years, e.g. Lojing autonomous sub-district in Kelantan . Sub-districts in Sabah , however, are not divided into mukim. An administrative district can be distinguished from a local government area where the former deals with land administration and revenue while the latter deals with the planning and delivery of basic infrastructure to its inhabitants. Administrative district boundaries are usually congruent with local government area boundaries, but may sometimes differ especially in urbanised areas. For example,

84-598: The Petaling District in Selangor is administered by three local authorities: Petaling Jaya City Council , Shah Alam City Council and Subang Jaya City Council ; conversely one local authority can administer more than one district, for example Northeast Penang Island District and Southwest Penang Island District in Penang are both administered by Penang Island City Council . Administrative district boundaries also provide

96-623: The Subang Jaya Municipal Council was granted the approval from the federal government to elevate its status from a City Council to become Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ), which was gazetted on 20 October 2020. In parliamentary terms, MBSJ administrative area covers the parliamentary constituency of Puchong and Subang in its entirety, as well as parts of Kota Raja which mainly cover USJ 23–27, Putra Heights and Kampung Bukit Lanchong. Subang Jaya city itself, most part of USJ (USJ 1-22), Kinrara, and northern part of Puchong lies within

108-685: The basis of boundaries for the parliamentary constituencies in the Malaysian Parliament . However this is not always the case; in heavily populated areas e.g. the Klang Valley and Kinta Valley there is serious overlap between district, local government and parliamentary boundaries. In the 11 states of the Peninsular Malaysia including the Federal Territories , there are townships (precinct for Putrajaya) that been administered by

120-638: The district office and also the state government . For a list, see Category:Mukims of Malaysia . However, two states and one federal territory in Malaysia is not divided into any townships. Subang Jaya City Council In the 1970s the Selangor state government established the Petaling District Council ( Majlis Daerah Petaling , MDP) under section 4 of the Local Government Act 1976 . In 1994,

132-621: The mainland area, the district also consists of 36 islands. With an area of 2,838 km, Mersing District is the third largest district in Johor, which covers 14.6% area of the state. In 2000, the annual population growth of the district was 1.21%. List of Mersing district representatives in the Federal Parliament ( Dewan Rakyat ) List of Mersing district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly . Mersing District

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144-489: The state government decided to upgrade the authority to the status of a municipal council ( majlis perbandaran ), and rename it the Subang Jaya Municipal Council. The Subang Jaya Municipal Council was formed on 1 January 1997, by combining the existing Petaling District Council with several areas ceded from the Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ) and Shah Alam Municipal Council (MPSA) . In December 2019,

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