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BRIEF
HISTORY |
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Year 1800
The centre administration
of Seberang Perai is in Penang. With a total area of 189.3
kilometre per square feet and with a total population of around
5,000 people. |
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Year 1850
Exploration commenced,
Seberang Perai changed its look from being a forest to an
agricultural land. |
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Year 1913
New Ordinance was
released, the state government established Rural Body. Butterworth
Municipal Council and Rural Municipal Council for North, Centre
and South were estanlished. |
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Jun 1974
Local Government
Act(Peruntukan-Peruntukan Sementara) 1973 was taken into effect in
Penang. On 1st of July 1974, all three North County Council,
Centre County Council and South County Council, Seberang Perai
were unitised and known as a Local Authorithy Managing Body,
Seberang Perai. |
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Dis 1976
Local Government Act 1976
took into effect. Local Authorithy Managing Body of Seberang Perai
is now known as Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai / Seberang Perai
Municipal Council and obtained the State Municipal standard. |
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Beginnings...
Seberang Perai (formerly known as
Province Wellesley ) was a British colony in 1800 and its
administration was then located in Penang.
Covering an area of 489.3 sq. km.
it was populated by only five thousand people but this swampy
jungle was progressively developed into agricultural land starting
from pioneering explorations in 1850.
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After the signing of the Pangkor
Agreement in 1874, the area of Province Wellesley was increased to
740.12 sq. km. Population had by then increased due to the
opening of the new townships of Butterworth and Bukit Mertajam.
The areal coverage of Seberang
Perai currently stands at 738.41 sq. km. The reduction in
area is due to changes in the alignment of Sungai Muda (Muda
River) which demarcates the border between Kedah and Penang.
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In 1896, the first Municipal
Ordinance was introduced to ensure the smooth administration of
local authorities in Penang. In 1913 another legislation was
introduced in Penang and this permitted the creation of a Rural
Board in Province Wellesley. The evolution of local
government continued in 1952 when two Local Authorities and three
Rural Authorities were established. These three Rural Authorities
were merged to become the District Authority in 1961.
On 1st July 1974, under the local
government law the three authorities were combined to form The
Board of Administration of Seberang Perai Local Government
Finally, under the Local
Government Act 1976, history was created on 15th Dec 1976 when the
Board was succeeded by and recognized as the Municipal Council of
Seberang Perai or MPSP, the largest local authority in Malaysia.
Today, MPSP administers three
main Districts with 54 localities.
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