Thursday, January 18, 2007

Follow-up: How rotten is the system - work in progress

This will be a very very long post. Unfortunately or should i be thankfull, I dont have the time to do this in one sitting as workload appears a bit on the heavy side now.

There are numerous federal, state and local authority departments and offices in Malaysia. At federal level, you have the various ministries and agencies. At State government level we have the various committees, district offices, land offices, departments and agencies. The local government level has various local authorities such as the city hall, district councils, municipal councils, and other agencies.

I hope to slowly list down as much as possible each of these units of governance and the way the system of governance has allowed or encouraged or resulted in corruption to root in.

A. Local Government level
B. State Government level
C. Federal Government level

A. Local Government level
Local authorities - city hall, district council, municipal council
These are the people who run the day-to-day management at ground level.

1.Licencing of business
2.Rubbish/waste collection and disposal
3.Advertising and banners, permits
4.Assessment
5.Health checks on businesses
6.Town planning countrol and development control
7.Building plan approval, engineering
8.Parking
9.Enforcement units
10.Landscaping

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