MPSJ to get city status, MDKL to get municipal status

SUBANG JAYA: The long wait for city status has finally come to an end for the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ).

After a five-year wait, the municipality will now be upgraded to a city council.

Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari announced this during the Majlis Apresiasi Belanjawan 2020, which was held at his official residence on Tuesday (Dec 17).

He also announced that the Kuala Langat District Council (MDKL) will be upgraded to a municipality.

When contacted Friday (Dec 20), Selangor Local Government, Public Transportation and New Village Development exco member Ng Sze Han confirmed that the state has received approval from Cabinet for the upgrade of both councils.

“The next process is to gazette it,” he said.

It was previously reported that the Selangor government has approved MPSJ's application for city status, and was waiting for the Federal Government’s approval.

Covering 16,180ha, MPSJ’s administration covers Subang Jaya, Bandar Sunway, Putra Heights, Seri Kembangan, Seri Serdang, Puchong, as well as parts of Balakong and Batu Tiga.

According to the Statistics Department, the population within its jurisdiction was 798,830 as of 2015.

In 1997, Subang Jaya was carved out from the then Petaling Jaya district council and upgraded to become a municipality.

Since then, the urban township has grown by leaps and bounds and has been working towards becoming a city. It first applied for city status in 2014.

Currently, there are two other city councils in the state - Petaling Jaya City Council, which achieved the status in 2006, and Shah Alam City Council in 2000.