Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council

Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (Malay: Majlis Perbandaran Hang Tuah Jaya, MPHTJ) is the local authority which administers Hang Tuah Jaya, a municipality covering an area of 145.5886 square kilometres (35,975.7 acres)^[1] and consists of the northern part of Melaka Tengah District, the western part of Jasin District and the southeastern part of Alor Gajah District in Malacca, Malaysia.

Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council Majlis Perbandaran Hang Tuah Jaya
Type
Type	Local authority of Hang Tuah Jaya
History
Founded	1 January 2010
Leadership
President	Sapiah Haron
Municipal Secretary	Rohaya Abdullah
Meeting place
SF-01, Aras 2, Kompleks Melaka Mall, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak - Lebuh Ayer Keroh, Hang Tuah Jaya, 75450, Ayer Keroh, Melaka.
Website
www.mphtj.gov.my

Like all local governments in Malaysia, MPHTJ are responsible for public health and sanitation, waste removal and management, town planning, environmental protection and building control, social and economic development and general maintenance functions of the town's urban infrastructure. The MPHTJ main headquarters is located at Melaka Mall (formerly known as Kotamas) in Ayer Keroh, Hang Tuah Jaya, opposite the headquarters of Malacca City Council along Lebuh Ayer Keroh.

Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council was established under Section 3 of the Local Government Act 1976, (Act 171) as the Local Authority of Hang Tuah Jaya and began operations on 1 January 2010.^[2]

Organisation

List of presidents

#	Name of President	In office
1	Kamarudin Md Shah	2010–2011
2	Sapiah Haron[3]	2011–2014
3	Zali Mat Yasin	2014–2015
4	Mansor Sudin[4]	2015–2017
5	Murad Husin[5]	2017–2018
6	Mahani Masban[6]	2018–2019
7	Mohd Rafee Ibrahim[7]	2019–31 March 2020
8	Shadan Othman[8]	1 April 2020 – 31 January 2023
9	Sapiah Haron	1 February 2023–present

Departments and Units

12 Departments and 5 Units

• Internal Audit Unit
• Law Unit
• One Stop Centre Unit
• Arrears Management Unit
• Integrity Unit
• Management Service Department
• Financial Department
• Enforcement Department
• Property Evaluation and Management Department
• Urban Planning Department
• Engineering Department
• Licensing Department
• Corporate and Social Service Department
• Zoo Department
• Information Technology Department
• Landscape and Environmental Health Department
• Building Control Department

See also

• Malacca City Council
• Iskandar Puteri City Council
• Putrajaya Corporation

References

1. "MPHTJ Map".
2. "Malacca ushers in 2010 with new Hang Tuah Jaya municipality". The Star (Malaysia). 2 January 2010.
3. "Green Public Amenities".
4. "Kerajaan Melaka rombak ketua jabatan, agensi berkuatkuasa 1 Januari".
5. "Perutusan YDP". Archived from the original on 28 July 2017.
6. "Perutusan YDP". Archived from the original on 9 August 2018.
7. "Perutusan YDP". Archived from the original on 21 July 2019.
8. "Melaka Rombak Ketua Jabatan, agensi kerajaan".

External links

• MPHTJ official portal Archived 27 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine