Ipoh City Council

The Ipoh City Council (Malay: Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh, abbreviated MBI) is the city council which administers the city of Ipoh in the state of Perak, Malaysia. This council was established after the city was officially granted city status on 27 May 1988. Their jurisdiction covers an area of 643 square kilometres.

Ipoh City Council Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh
Emblem
Flag
Type
Type	City council of Ipoh
History
Founded	1962; 63 years ago (1962)
Preceded by	Ipoh Municipal Council
Leadership
Mayor	Rumaizi Baharin since 1 April 2020
Secretary	Ahmad Munir Ishak since Not defined
Structure
Seats	24
Political groups	Councillors:   PH (19)   DAP (11)   PKR (6)   AMANAH (2)   BN (5)   UMNO (5)
Length of term	16 February 2023 - 15 February 2024
Motto
Service and Progress (Berkhidmat dan Maju)
Meeting place
MBI Building Jalan Sultan Abdul Jalil, Greentown, 30450 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia 4.59866°N 101.08992°E / 4.59866; 101.08992
Website
mbi.gov.my/en
Constitution
Local Government Act 1976

The council consists of the mayor plus twenty-four councillors appointed to serve a one-year term by the Perak State Government. MBI is 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 urban infrastructure.

History

Ipoh City Council started as a Sanitary Board in 1893, formed by the British. From its gradual and sturdy development, it obtained its Municipal status on 31 May 1962 and was declared a city on 27 May 1988.^[1]

In general, the Ipoh City Council as the local authority, is a Corporate Body established under the Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171), being the body responsible for managing the Ipoh City area based on local interest, as well as a local planning authority under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Act 172); MBI is directly tasked by Law to formulate and implement development planning policies based on centralised locality in accordance to the policies set by the Government.

Currently, the boundary of the Council covers an area of 643 square kilometres with a population of over 720,000 people. As the state capital of Perak, Ipoh serves as the centre of administration, commerce, sports, finance, politics, religion and education. Now under the leadership of the Mayor, the Ipoh City Council continues its effort to transform the city into a dynamic and distinguished city.

Appointed mayors of Ipoh

No	Mayor	Term start	Term end
1	Umar Abu	27 May 1988	31 May 1993
2	Ismail Shah Bodin	1 June 1993	31 December 1994
3	Ahmad Saleh Sarif	2 January 1995	31 December 1997
4	Talaat Husain	1 February 1998	2 December 2002
5	Sirajuddin Salleh	3 December 2002	15 April 2004
6	Hassan Nawawi Abdul Rahman	1 May 2004	23 July 2006
7	Mohd Rafiai Moktar	24 July 2006	5 June 2008
8	Roshidi Hashim	23 July 2008	2 January 2014
9	Harun Rawi	2 January 2014	30 June 2015
10	Zamri Man	1 July 2015	1 July 2019
11	Ahmad Suaidi	1 July 2019	31 March 2020
12	Rumaizi Baharin	1 April 2020	27 Mar 2025
13	Zamakhshari Hanipah	16 April 2025	Incumbent

Current appointed councillors

2023/2024 Session

Source:^[2]

PH (19)	BN (5)
DAP (11)   PKR (6)   AMANAH (2)	UMNO (5)

Parliament Seat	State Assembly Seat	No.	Zone	Councilor		Alliance		Party
P63 Tambun	N24 Hulu Kinta	1	Khantan Kuang Kampong Chik Kampung Ulu Chemor Tanah Hitam Changkat Kinding Hospital Bahagia Bandar Baru Putra	Mazlan Abd Rahman		BN		UMNO
		2	Tanjong Rambutan Utara Tanjong Rambutan Barat Kampung Tersusun Batu 8 Pakatan Jaya Taman Perpaduan Kampung Tersusun Batu 5 Jalan Tambun Tambun Bandar Sunway Kawasan Polis Hutan Tanjong Rambutan	Norhayati Sani		PH		PKR
	N23 Manjoi	3	Kampong Ulu Chepor Kuala Kuang Chemor Indah Pekan Chemor Kampong Chepor Dalam	Faidz Ismail				AMANAH
		4	Kampong Sungai Kati Kampong Datuk Ahmad Said Tambahan 2 Selatan Tun Terang Kampung Sungai Tapah Taman Keledang Jaya Kampong Tengku Hussein Kampong Seberang Manjoi Germuda	Ahmad Khair Faizal Yahaya				PKR
		5	Meru Meru Jaya Taman Jati Kelabang	Azizul Kama Abd Aziz		BN		UMNO
P65 Ipoh Barat	N30 Buntong	6	Kampong Baru Buntong Jalan Klian Intan Jalan Silibin Jalan Tun Abdul Razak Taman Lim	Lawrence R.Palanisamy		PH		DAP
		7	Kampong Kacang Puteh Desa Rishah Falim Jalan Sungai Pari	Sivam Kalimuthu
	N29 Kepayang	8	Star Park Fair Park Waller Court Jalan Datuk Onn Jaafar Jalan Bijih Timah Jalan CM Yusof Jalan Raja Ekram Greentown	Wong Kar Keat
		9	Kampong Pisang Kepayang Mesjid Gunong Lang Gurap Taman Che Wan	Norul Huda Ahmad		BN		UMNO
	N28 Bercham	10	Kampong Tawas Kampung Tawas Utara Tasek Tasek Dermawan	Logiswary Subramaniam		PH		PKR
11		Bercham Selatan Dermawan Utara Kampong Bercham Bercham Timor	Ng Haen Vee				DAP
P64 Ipoh Timur	N25 Canning	12	Canning Garden Barat Canning Garden Timor Taman Ipoh Barat Taman Ipoh Simee Barat Simee Timor Taman Wah Keong					Lam Yew Tect
		13	Lumba Kuda Taman Cempaka Desa Cempaka Taman Ipoh Selatan Taman Ipoh Timor					Lee Tze Hoo
	N27 Pasir Pinji	14	Pinji Lane Selatan Pinji Lane Utara Pasir Pinji Utara Pasir Pinji Selatan Kampar Road Housing Trust					Lim Chee Aun
		15	Taman Pengkalan Jaya Pasir Puteh Selatan Pasir Puteh Baru Pasir Puteh Utara Jalan Bendahara	Basri Mohamad Nor		BN		UMNO
	N26 Tebing Tinggi	16	Kampong Seri Kinta Kuala Pari Hilir Tebing Tinggi Sungai Kinta Kampong Paloh Jalan Tun Perak Jalan Sultan Yusof Jalan Dato Maharaja Lela Tebing Sungai Kinta	Ahmad Fariq Walit Ahmad Puad		PH		DAP
		17	Pengkalan Barat Pengkalan Gate Pengkalan Pegoh	Ahmad Hariri Haji Kamarudin		BN		UMNO
P66 Batu Gajah	N31 Jelapang	18	Jelapang Tengah Bukit Kledang Taman Pertama Taman Rishah	Tang Cheng Wei		PH		DAP
		19	Silibin Jelapang Jelapang Selatan Jelapang Barat Jelapang Utara Jelapang Timor	Tan Seong Peng
	N32 Menglembu	20	Lahat Bukit Merah Selatan Bukit Merah Barat Daya Bukit Merah Tengah Bukit Merah Barat Bukit Merah Timor Menglembu Selatan Menglembu Barat Menglembu Lama Bandar Baru Menglembu Awana	Chen Jian Cong
P71 Gopeng	N44 Sungai Rapat	21	Sungai Rokam Sungai Rapat Rapat Jaya Desa Pakatan Desa Pelancongan Sri Rahmat Sri Jaya Kampong Pisang Ara Payong	Syamsul Effendey Abd Rahim				AMANAH
	N45 Simpang Pulai	22	Rapat Setia Baru Rapat Setia Gunung Rapat Selatan Gunung Rapat Utara	Chung Cum Cheong				PKR
		23	Taman Ipoh Jaya Pekan Razaki Kampong Seri Ampang Ampang Baharu Taman Ampang	Mohamed Helmi Mohamed Fuzi
		24	Botani Taman Taufik Taman Bersatu Simpang Pulai Kampong Sengat	Zuraidah Zakaria

Departments

1. Pejabat Korporat Bandaraya
2. Jabatan Kesihatan
3. Jabatan Perlesenan dan Penguatkuasaan
4. Jabatan Penilaian & Pengurusan Harta
5. Jabatan Kejuruteraan
6. Jabatan Perancang
7. Jabatan Kewangan
8. Jabatan Landskap & Rekreasi
9. Jabatan Hal Ehwal Komuniti
10. Jabatan Bangunan
11. Jabatan Khidmat Pengurusan
12. Pejabat Penasihat Undang-Undang
13. Pejabat Audit Dalaman
14. Pejabat Pesuruhjaya Bangunan (COB)
15. Pejabat OSC (One Stop Centre)
16. Pejabat Pembangunan Projek Khas Bandaraya

Administration Area

Below are the administration area for Ipoh City Council which further breakdown into 24 zones.^[3]

ZONE 1A Klebang Jaya Klebang Putra Klebang Restu Klebang Prima ZONE 1B Taman Chemor Sinaran Bunga Raya Chemor Sejahtera Chemor Idaman ZONE 2 Taman Meru Meru 2B Meru 2C ZONE 3 Tawas Tasek Ipoh Groove ZONE 4 Meru Raya Halaman Meru Permai Meru Impian Meru Damai Meru Perdana ZONE 5 Bercham Tasek Dermawan ZONE 6 Jelapang Taman Pertama Rishah ZONE 7 Taman Jati Meru 3C Meru Jaya Gerbang Meru Indah

ZONE 8 Tembok Cherry Garden Lim Garden ZONE 9 Kepayang Fair Park Bandar Ipoh Raya ZONE 10 Kampung Simee Ipoh Garden Canning Garden ZONE 11A Bandar Baru Tambun Taman Koperasi Bandar Sunway Ipoh ZONE 11B Taman Perpaduan Taman Pakatan Jaya Bercham Jaya Taman Malar Taman Hiburan Taman Saga Taman Bagus Taman Mewah Lembah Perpaduan Permai ZONE 12 Buntong Silibin ZONE 13 Greentown Pekan Lama Medan Kidd ZONE 14 Cempaka Taman Golf Lumba Kuda

ZONE 15 Sungai Rokam Ipoh Jaya Ampang ZONE 16 Pekan Baru Tebing Tinggi Pasir Pinji ZONE 17 Menglembu Falim ZONE 18 Pasir Putih Seri Kinta Kuala Pari ZONE 19 Kampung Sungai Rapat Pengkalan Pegoh Pengkalan Gate ZONE 20 Gunung Rapat Rapat Setia Taman Song Choon ZONE 21 Lahat Bukit Merah ZONE 22 Sengat Rapat Jaya Changkat Larang

Former Appointed Councillors

July 2018-July 2019 Session

PH (22)	NGO (2)
DAP (10)   AMANAH (4)   BERSATU (4)   PKR (4)

1 Mei 2021-30 April 2023 Session

Source:^[4]

BN (12)	PN (12)
UMNO (7)   MCA (3)   MIC (2)	BERSATU (7)   PAS (5)

Parliament Seat	State Assembly Seat	No.	Zone	Councilor		Alliance		Party
P63 Tambun	N24 Hulu Kinta	1	Khantan Kuang Kampong Chik Kampung Ulu Chemor Tanah Hitam Changkat Kinding Hospital Bahagia Bandar Baru Putra	Mazlan Abd Rahman		BN		UMNO
		2	Tanjong Rambutan Utara Tanjong Rambutan Barat Kampung Tersusun Batu 8 Pakatan Jaya Taman Perpaduan Kampung Tersusun Batu 5 Jalan Tambun Tambun Bandar Sunway Kawasan Polis Hutan Tanjong Rambutan	Puteri Holijah Muhamad Rali		PN		BERSATU
	N23 Manjoi	3	Kampong Ulu Chepor Kuala Kuang Chemor Indah Pekan Chemor Kampong Chepor Dalam	Mohammad Sharif		PN		BERSATU
		4	Kampong Sungai Kati Kampong Datuk Ahmad Said Tambahan 2 Selatan Tun Terang Kampung Sungai Tapah Taman Keledang Jaya Kampong Tengku Hussein Kampong Seberang Manjoi Germuda	Syed Mohd Noor Hisam Syed Hassan		PN		PAS
		5	Meru Meru Jaya Taman Jati Kelabang	Azizul Kama Abd Aziz		BN		UMNO
P65 Ipoh Barat	N30 Buntong	6	Kampong Baru Buntong Jalan Klian Intan Jalan Silibin Jalan Tun Abdul Razak Taman Lim	Jayagopi M.Subramaniam		BN		MIC
		7	Kampong Kacang Puteh Desa Rishah Falim Jalan Sungai Pari	Ganesan Athinarayanan		PN		BERSATU
	N29 Kepayang	8	Star Park Fair Park Waller Court Jalan Datuk Onn Jaafar Jalan Bijih Timah Jalan CM Yusof Jalan Raja Ekram Greentown	Mohammad Iskandar Abdul Rahman		PN		BERSATU
		9	Kampong Pisang Kepayang Mesjid Gunong Lang Gurap Taman Che Wan	Norul Huda Ahmad		BN		UMNO
	N28 Bercham	10	Kampong Tawas Kampung Tawas Utara Tasek Tasek Dermawan	Mohd Rafaad Razalli		PN		PAS
11		Bercham Selatan Dermawan Utara Kampong Bercham Bercham Timor	Ho Wai Mun		BN		MCA
P64 Ipoh Timur	N25 Canning	12	Canning Garden Barat Canning Garden Timor Taman Ipoh Barat Taman Ipoh Simee Barat Simee Timor Taman Wah Keong	Thilak Raj Gunasekaran		PN		PAS
		13	Lumba Kuda Taman Cempaka Desa Cempaka Taman Ipoh Selatan Taman Ipoh Timor	Kamarulzaman Abdullah		BN		UMNO
	N27 Pasir Pinji	14	Pinji Lane Selatan Pinji Lane Utara Pasir Pinji Utara Pasir Pinji Selatan Kampar Road Housing Trust	Richard Ng		PN		BERSATU
		15	Taman Pengkalan Jaya Pasir Puteh Selatan Pasir Puteh Baru Pasir Puteh Utara Jalan Bendahara	Khoo Boon Chuan		BN		MCA
	N26 Tebing Tinggi	16	Kampong Seri Kinta Kuala Pari Hilir Tebing Tinggi Sungai Kinta Kampong Paloh Jalan Tun Perak Jalan Sultan Yusof Jalan Dato Maharaja Lela Tebing Sungai Kinta	Ahmad Hariri Kamarudin		BN		UMNO
		17	Pengkalan Barat Pengkalan Gate Pengkalan Pegoh	Nor Afzainizam Salleh		PN		BERSATU
P66 Batu Gajah	N31 Jelapang	18	Jelapang Tengah Bukit Kledang Taman Pertama Taman Rishah	Jaya Ganesh Selvaraju		BN		MIC
		19	Silibin Jelapang Jelapang Selatan Jelapang Barat Jelapang Utara Jelapang Timor	Chan Soon Yip		BN		MCA
	N32 Menglembu	20	Lahat Bukit Merah Selatan Bukit Merah Barat Daya Bukit Merah Tengah Bukit Merah Barat Bukit Merah Timor Menglembu Selatan Menglembu Barat Menglembu Lama Bandar Baru Menglembu Awana	Mahader Ahmad Mohammad Ayob		PN		BERSATU
P71 Gopeng	N44 Sungai Rapat	21	Sungai Rokam Sungai Rapat Rapat Jaya Desa Pakatan Desa Pelancongan Sri Rahmat Sri Jaya Kampong Pisang Ara Payong	Abu Bakar Haji Hussian		PN		PAS
	N45 Simpang Pulai	22	Rapat Setia Baru Rapat Setia Gunung Rapat Selatan Gunung Rapat Utara	Mohd Nasri Shaari		BN		UMNO
		23	Taman Ipoh Jaya Pekan Razaki Kampong Seri Ampang Ampang Baharu Taman Ampang	Mohamad Annuar Baharudin		BN		UMNO
		24	Botani Taman Taufik Taman Bersatu Simpang Pulai Kampong Sengat	Azmi Murad Mohamad Yusof		PN		PAS