1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ADS 505)
Athi Nahappan Proposals 
NUR FATIN FATIHAH BINTI AHMAD RUZI

2. b) Analyse Athi Nahappan proposals for Local
Government in Malaysia and the extent to
which those proposals can be introduced
today.

3. Athi Nahappan Proposals
In 1965 the Athi Nahappan Royal Commission
was set up to examine and restructure the
entire LG system in West Malaysia.
Its objectives were:
2) To report on the above
1)To investigate if the matters and to make such
recommendations, taking into
present system of LG account the adequacy of
serves any useful purpose existing laws with regard to
local authorities

4. Athi Nahappan main
recommendations:
2) Every householder in a local
authority should be required to 3) There should be one single law
1. That every inch of the country pay a nominal contribution of applicable to all local authorities
should be covered by a local not less than $1 per annum in and every state should enforce
authority lieu of rates (In UK it is called a the law within 6 month.
poll tax)
4) A local authority should be
decentralized and be
autonomous body corporate
consisting of fully elected 5) Election should be run on a
members with financial and party basis
administrative autonomy but
subject to the control by the
state authority

5. 7) The secretary of a local
8)The secretary should be the
authority should be chief
focal point of public
6) Every local authority should administrator and executive
administration in a district and
have a management board. officer of a local authority ( Right
not the D.O (the D.O should be
now the DO is still the chief
eventually abolished
executive at the local level)
9) That there should be Regional
11) A state committee for LG
Inspectorates in LG. They can 10) That there should be a State
should be established in each
represent the northern, eastern Commissioner of LG in each
state to exercise the function of
and southern regions in states
the state in relation to LG
Peninsular Malaysia.
14) All trade and business
12) A local government tribunal 13) A ward committee should be registered under the Registration
should be set up to deal with set up in every ward of a local and Business Ordinance 1956
complaints from public authority should be required to pay a
license fee annually

6. The extent Athi Nahappan Proposal can be introduced today.
• Nowadays, Malaysia already covered by the Local Authority
1) Every inch of the country should be
covered by a local authority • Ex: In Malacca, MBMB will only covered its own local area.
Same with MPHTJ. They will not interfere each other.
2)A local authority should be
decentralized and be autonomous • In Malaysia, the LG are decentralized and autonomous
body corporate consisting of fully body. Each LG have their own LAW. All the government
elected members with financial and servant are appointed.
administrative autonomy but subject
to the control by the state authority
• But all of the LAW are bind by the Federal Constitution
3) The secretary of a local authority
should be chief administrator and
executive officer of a local authority • In the Local level the chief executive are District Officer
(Right now the DO is still the chief • The DO are responsible towards his own territory.
executive at the local level)

7. • Nowadays, each LG have their own Bureau Public Complaint (Biro
Pengaduan Awam)
4) A local government tribunal • Their responsibilities are to manage all the comments and complains
should be set up to deal with made by the public. They want to get the customer feedback
complaints from public • Ex: all the people stay in MBMB can make a complaint in E-COMPLAINT
5)Every local authority • The local authority have their own management board.
should have a • Ex:The MBPJ have their own management board same
management board. goes to MBSJ