Malacca City Council

Melaka Historic City Council Majlis Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah
Type
Type	City council of Malacca City
History
Founded	15 April 1989
Preceded by	Historic City of Malacca Municipal Council
Leadership
Mayor	Datuk Hj. Shadan bin Hj. Othman
City Secretary	Ahmad Azlan bin Ahmad Salleh
Meeting place
Bangunan MBMB, Jalan Graha Makmur, Ayer Keroh, Malacca
Website
www.mbmb.gov.my

Malacca City Council, officially known as the Melaka Historic City Council^[1] (Malay: Majlis Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah, MBMB) is the city council which administers Malacca City and most part of Melaka Tengah District. It is responsible for public health and sanitation, cleanliness management, town planning, environmental protection and building control, social and economic development and general maintenance functions of urban infrastructure.^[2] The MBMB main headquarters is located at Graha Makmur in Ayer Keroh, just outside its area of jurisdiction and opposite that of Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council at Melaka Mall (formerly known as Plaza Kotamas).

History

Former Historical City of Malacca Municipal Council building which is now the People's Museum

The Municipality of the Town and Fort of Malacca, 11 square kilometres (4.2 sq mi) wide, was established in 1824 by the British East India Company for the purpose of town planning, public order and collection of assessment rates.

On 1 January 1977, the Municipality Authority and the Melaka Tengah Rural District Council (Majlis Daerah Luar Bandar Melaka Tengah) merged to form the Melaka Tengah Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran Melaka Tengah), with an administration area of 297.19 square kilometres (114.75 sq mi). The council later became known as the Malacca Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran Melaka) in 1987 and the Historical City of Malacca Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran Melaka Bandaraya Bersejarah, MPMBB) on 15 April 1989 when the federal government granted the Historical City title to the town of Malacca.^[3] The headquarters of the council was originally located at the building, which now houses the People's Museum, Kite Museum and the Beauty Museum, before being moved to the present building in Ayer Keroh. The council obtained its present name on 15 April 2003 when Malacca Town was granted city status.^[4]

On 1 January 2010, part of its area including the headquarters' building, covering 57.66 square kilometres (22.26 sq mi) was separated for the establishment of Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran Hang Tuah Jaya, MPHTJ).^[5] But the addition of a new administration area covering 30.86 square kilometres (11.92 sq mi) which was created out of land reclamation, resulted in the council's area currently stands at 270.39 square kilometres (104.40 sq mi).

In February 2019, the upgrade of the Graha Makmur administration building was started, to repaint the whole exterior wall into white color and use white industrial zinc slices for the roof replacing blue color.^[6] The project costs around 7 to 8 million ringgit.^[7]

List of mayors

#	Name of Mayors	Term start	Term end
1	Zaini Md Nor[8]	15 April 2003	10 February 2008
2	Yusof Jantan[9][10]	11 February 2008	31 December 2010
3	Zainal Abu[11] 1st term	1 January 2011	31 December 2014
4	Zainal Hussin[12]	1 January 2015	31 May 2018
5	Azmi Hussain[13]	1 June 2018	31 January 2019
6	Mansor Sudin[14]	1 February 2019	31 March 2020
7	Zainal Abu[15] 2nd term	1 April 2020	31 January 2023
8	Shadan Othman	1 February 2023	Incumbent

See also

• Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council

References

1. "Official Portal of Melaka Historic City Council (MBMB)". Official Portal of Melaka Historic City Council (MBMB). Retrieved 11 November 2023.
2. "Function".
3. "Historical City of Malacca Municipal Council website". Archived from the original on 30 May 2001.
4. "Background".
5. "MBMB & MPTHJ".
6. "市厅大厦上白漆．俨如甲市"白宫"". 星洲日报 [Sin Chew Daily] (in Chinese (Malaysia)). 28 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
7. "粉刷500建筑市厅大厦上白漆．甲州明年也有"白宫"". 星洲日报 [Sin Chew Daily] (in Chinese (Malaysia)). 1 November 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
8. "Ucapan Datuk Bandar". Archived from the original on 1 September 2005.
9. "New Malacca mayor sworn-in". Archived from the original on 11 March 2022.
10. "Know Our Mayor". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010.
11. "Know our Mayor". Archived from the original on 29 August 2011.
12. "Kerajaan Melaka rombak ketua jabatan, agensi berkuatkuasa 1 Januari".
13. "Semua Projek MBMB dibeku".
14. "Mansor Sudin dilantik Datuk Bandar Melaka Bandaraya Bersejarah baharu".
15. "Melaka Rombak Ketua Jabatan, agensi kerajaan".

External links

• Official website