Muallim District

The Muallim District is the eleventh district and also a new state constituency in southeastern Perak, Malaysia, just on the border with Selangor. It was proclaimed by the current Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah on 11 January 2016 at the Tanjung Malim District Council Building.[1][2] It had been part of Batang Padang district.

The flag of Muallim is yet to be made official by the local people.

It will compromise an area of 93435 hectare land that includes the current sub-district of Tanjung Malim, located south in Batang Padang District. After proclamation, it will have three mukims, which is Slim, West Ulu Bernam and East Ulu Bernam.

The district will include towns in areas in Slim River and Tanjung Malim such as Tanjung Malim, Slim, and Proton City.[3] It has been given the name Muallim, the Arabic word that means "teacher" because of the existence of Sultan Idris Education University in the proposed district's area which has produced many teachers since the colonial era.

Administrative divisions

Muallim District is divided into 3 mukims, which are:

Muallim flag

The flag of Muallim was designed and made by locals of the district in January 2016 prior to the opening of the new official district.

The design was inspired by the spirit of youth following the 'Bandar Belia or City of Youth' concept and the districts location in the state of Perak.

The background of the flag consists of three stripes which are black, yellow and white that represents the original flag of the Perak state. The semi triangle at the left side of the flag represents the unity of the people in the district. The 'red' color of the triangle present in the flag resembles the spirit of youth and the determination of the locals to preserve the district's heritage and economical value towards the Perak State.

The 14-pointed star and the crescent both colored 'yellow' is inspired by the original 'Malaysian' flag which resembles the districts openness policy towards the whole population of Malaysia coming form the 13 member states and federal government. The top and bottom of the star and crescent combination shows the words 'Daerah Muallim' meaning 'Muallim District' written in the 'Jawi' script to symbolize the rich heritage of the people of Muallim.

Politics

Following a re-delineation exercise by SPR in September 2016, Muallim will soon form its own state assembly constituency, as part of the Tanjong Malim parliamentary constituency, replacing the former Slim state constituency. The redelineation proposal is currently under review.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Muallim is now Perak's 11th district". New Straits Times Publication. The Star. 11 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Muallim rasmi menjadi daerah ke-11 di Perak". Berita Harian. 11 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Muallim is new district in Perak". The Star Publication. The Star. 27 November 2015.


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