Practical training report: Padawan Municipal Council / Tasia Beram

Majlis Perbandaran Padawan was formly known as Kuching Rural District Council (KRDC).KRDC ,initiated in the late 1956 under the Local Authority Ordinance 1948 (Cap.117) commenced on the 1st January 1957 9( Gazette L.92/56).The elected councilors of KRDC held the first meeting on the 22nd January 1957. Majlis Perbandaran Padawan has a long and colourful history .The council has moved office three times .Its first office was the historical Round Tower ,near the Old Court House at Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg .From 1962 until 1991 ,the office of the council was at Jalan Satok. On the 4th April 1991, the Council moved to its present building at Kota Padawan ,10th mile Penrissen Road.Kota Padawan then was popularly known as “10th Mile Bazaar.” KRDC started off with an area of jurisdiction of 2,432.01 square kilometers in 1957 .A part of the council’s area was taken over by Samarahan District Council in 1985 and 1987.The administrtive area of the Councils was again reduced to 1,431.82 square kilometers due to the establisment of the City of Kuching City North in 1989 and the exension of the area of the two Kuching City Councils in 1992 .Despite of these trimmings ,Majlis Perbandaran Padawan still has a bis area of jurisdiction compared to the Kuching City Councils and majority of the others councils in Sarawak. Padawan Municipal Council is located at Batu 10 Jalan Penrissen , Kota Padawan ,93250 kuching Sarawak Malaysia.