Working sector and participation relationship: Rukun Tetangga activities in Northern State of Malaysia / Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri...[et al.]

Rukun Tetangga Scheme (RTS) was introduced in 1975 following the
enforcement of Necessary Rules (Rukun Tetangga) 1975. The main purpose of these
rules is to safeguard the people in their residential area due to safety problems and
issues arising. The instrument used for this research is done through the quantitative
findings by using questionnaires that have been distributed around communities of
Rukun Tetangga in the Nothern State in Malaysia. From 2,000 questionnaires that
had been distributed, 1866 respondents have responded. The research data had been
analysed by using the description statistics. From numerous elements in the
questionnaires, this paper will covered two chosen elements from the research
questionnaires which are the communities working sector and their participation in
Rukun Tetangga. The instrument used is IBM SPSS 20.0 to analyse these research
findings. Therefore, this research shows that working sector are one of the factors that
influence participation of communities in Rukun Tetangga activities. In order to ensure
the continuous of participation in RT activities, they should always have a good time
management and knowledge about the activities