FINAL EXAM PAD 320 CHAPTERS

TOPIC 3: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

SYSTEM IN WEST MALAYSIA
1. INTRODUCTION
2. EARLY DEVELOPMENT : DEVELOPMENT IN THE STRAITS
SETTLEMENTS
3. EARLY DEVELOPMENT : DEVELOPMENT IN THE MALAY STATES
4. THE PERIOD AFTER INDEPENDENCE
5. RESTRUCTURING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFTER INDEPENDENCE
6. WHY WAS RESTRUCTURING TO LG DONE IN MALAYSIA?
7. ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY 1965 ( ALSO KNOWN AS ATHI
NAHAPPAN ROYAL COMMISSION)
8. TYPES OF RESTRUCTURING

TOPIC 6: PERSONNEL SYSTEMS IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN MALAYSIA

1. TYPES OF PERSONNEL SYSTEM
2. INTEGRATED PERSONNEL SYSTEM
3. DISADVANTAGES OF THE INTEGRATED PERSONNEL SYSTEM
4. FUSSION/UNITED PERSONNEL SYSTEM
5. ADVANTAGES OF FUSION PERSONNEL SYSTEM
6. EVALUATION OF THE PERSONNEL SYSTEM IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
7. METHODS TO IMPROVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL SYSTEMS

TOPIC 7: REPRESENTATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

1. THE CONCEPT OF REPRESENTATION
2. THE SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATION IN MALAYSIA
3. APPOINTED SYSTEM
4. ELECTED SYSTEM
5. HISTORY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION
6. THE ROLES OF COUNCILORS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
7. FUNCTIONS OF COUNCILORS
8. TO ENSURE BETTER PERFORMANCE BY COUNCILORS

TOPIC 8: FINANCES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN MALAYSIA

1. FORMS OF FINANCIAL AUTONOMY
2. REVENUES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
3. SOURCES OF REVENUES IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES
4. TYPES OF FINANCIAL AID
5. FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS BY LA
6. FINANCIAL CHALLENGES FACED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT
7. WAYS TO OVERCOME FINANCIAL PROBLEMS