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are suitable for certain projects Sarawak State Administration
in the village.
The state Administration is divided
The village Chief carries out its into four levels, namely: division,
duty through the Development district, sub-district and villages.
and Village Security Committee
or Jawatankuasa Kemajuan dan }} Department
Keselamatan Kampung (JKKK)
which is chaired by him. At the The state of Sarawak is divided
meetings of the Committee, into seven divisions, each led
the Head of the District is by a ‘ Resident ‘ as the Chief
invited. The establishment of Administrator of the Division.
JKKK is intended to provide an The State Division according
opportunity for residents to take to the divisions is only held in
part actively in the process of Sarawak because of its wide
planning and implementation area. Each Division has a few
of development programmes “Temenggung” who are the
and projects in their village. This community leaders appointed
Body brings together and unite by the Government based on
the village with the District, sub- the race.
district, and state administration
in order to speed up the }} District
development and problem
solving process. Each Division in Sarawak is
divided into districts each led by
Sabah State Administration a District Officer. The Community
Leader, called “Pemanca” is
The Sabah state Administration responsible to the District Officer
is divided into two levels, namely and “Temenggung”. In a District,
District and Village. The District is on the other hand, there are
led by a District Officer. Besides the smaller districts that are led by
Assistant District Officer, a District Officers from the Administrative
Officer is assisted by a District Service of the state of Sarawak.
Head or Ketua Daerah, who is
responsible for all administrative }} Village
aspects related to the Affairs of
the tribes in the District. Each tribe Each village in Sarawak is led
in the District is led by a Native
Chief or Ketua Anak Negeri. The by a “Chief” or “Penghulu”
Native Chief is responsible to the
District Head. All of them are part who is appointed by the
of the public office. Similar to the
situation in Peninsular Malaysia, Government. Before the title
each village in Sabah is led by the
village Chief who is not a public “Penghulu” is used, the leader
officer.
of the longhouse is called

“Tuai Rumah”. The Planning

and Implementation System

at the state level is also similar

to the systems at the Federal

level, which involves policy,

planning, implementation,

coordination and evaluation.

It is customary that the state
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