Sultan Nazrin Shah opens Perak Tengah District Council complex

SERI ISKANDAR: The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah, officially opened the RM9.4 million Perak Tengah District Council (MDPT) administrative complex, here today.
The MDPT had moved to the complex on Oct 21, 2013. It currently has 115 staff.
The Perak Tengah District Council, which was established on Dec 1, 1979, was originally located in Parit and moved to Seri Iskandar on Sept 23, 1993.
Present at the opening ceremony were the Raja Permaisuri of Perak, Tuanku Zara Salim; the Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Jaafar Raja Muda Musa; the Raja Di Hilir of Perak, Raja Iskandar Dzulkarnain Sultan Idris, and the Raja Puan Muda of Perak, Tunku Soraya Sultan Abdul Halim.
Also present were Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir and his wife Datin Seri Saripah Zulkifli as well as the chairman of the Perak Islamic Affairs, Islamic Education and Personality Development Committee Datuk Dr Mohd Nizar Zakaria.
The complex was built at a cost of RM9.4 million, of which RM5 million was through a loan provided by the state government.
The double-storey building also has a meeting hall that can accommodate 40 people, a surau, a gallery, meeting rooms, a main counter and a drive-in counter.
Mohd Nizar, in his speech at the function, said the council can change its approach in customer management in line with the explosion of information technology and can be a catalyst for sustainable development, as well as play an eco-social role by involving the community in every development plan that meets the expectations and aspirations of the people in the locality.
"MDPT always strives to provide quality, competitive and dynamic municipal services to the people in the locality. The MDPT staff look forward to a continued increase in revenue income in line with intensive development and hope that the MDPT will eventually become a municipal council," he added. — Bernama