Kuching District Office / Muhamad Amirullah Sulaiman

Kuching District Office was setup under Kuching Resident Office that control and monitors the expanding and movement of public in Kuching area It involves the administration of State Government to help the State Government deliver their service to the public and the people of Sarawak. Moreover, Kuching District Office is form to be one of the platforms for the public to complete their daily basis transaction that involve with legal documentation. Under Kuching District Office also control a Sub-District Office of Padawan that fully monitor and control under administrative of the office. Kuching District Office only authorize for people that live in Kuching area. It involve an area of 895.09 km square and for Padawan Sub-District area involve an area of 526.19 km square and total of area that manage under Kuching District Office, are 1,868.83 km square. These particular areas involve the huge number of public that are 794,450 people. History of Kuching District Office was started on 1874 According to Ho Ah Chong (1995) stated that all government office in Sarawak was allocated in Kuching since 1874 where the Sarawak still under administration of second White Rajah which is Charles Brooke. In 1974 “The Court House” has been built and it was the first place of Resident Office before Kuching District Office in this present day. In 1974, Second Rajahs of Sarawak and Capten W H Rodway as Sarawak Resident was inaugurate the new office of government which is" The Court House”. It was the most beautiful building that ever made in Sarawak The Court of Sarawak consist of Resident office and Government Printing Department. Kuching District Office is different with District Office in Peninsular Malaysia In Sarawak, every division is administered by a Resident and the divisions was divided into district area which is govern by District Officer District office also having Native Officer to deal with issue regarding to custom.