| Summary: | Kuala Nerus District is the youngest district of eight districts in Terengganu State
including Kuala Terengganu, Marang, Dungun, Kemaman, Setiu, Besut and Hulu
Terengganu. The district was approved by the Cabinet Meeting on August 27, 2014.
Further to the establishment of this new district, the restructuring of administrative
centralizationat the Kuala Nerus District level was introduced by the Jabatan
Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia (JP A). This study was conducted to study the
implementation of this centralized administrative structure that houses six government
agencies under the administration of the Kuala Nerus District Office which is Jabatan
Kerja Raya Daerah Kuala Nerus, Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat Daerah Kuala Nerus,
Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran Daerah Kuala Nerus, Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam
Terengganu Daerah Kuala Nerus, Jabatan Pertanian Daerah Kuala Nerus and Jabatan
Perkhidmatan Vertarinar Daerah Kuala Nerus. Therefore, this study seeks to achieve
three objectives, first identifying the elements involved with the centralization of state
agency functions under the Kuala Nerus District Office. The second objective is to
identify the job scope of government agencies under the administration of the Kuala
Nerus District Office. The third objective to delevop a model of centralization of state
agency functions under the Kuala Nerus District Office. To achieve the three
objectives of the study, a Focus Group Discussion consisting of 9 members
representing their respective agencies. All three objectives were achieved and, in
essence, the implementation of the new administrative center structure for the District
of Kuala Nerus was made possible with the full cooperation provided by each agency
involved at the district level as well as the support of the agencies at the state level.
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