{"id":830,"date":"2009-07-27T10:56:19","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T10:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rakansarawak.com\/webv\/?p=830"},"modified":"2009-07-27T10:56:19","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T10:56:19","slug":"brief-history-of-dewan-undangan-negeri-sarawak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.rakansarawak.com\/?p=830","title":{"rendered":"Brief History Of Dewan Undangan Negeri Sarawak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The history of Dewan Undangan Negeri <strong>begins in Bintulu<\/strong> where the General Council had their meeting on 8th September 1867. The place where they had their meeting was a temporary wooden ramshackle building.<\/p>\n<p>The legislative Assembly was first known and gazetted as General Council until 1903. Then it was renamed Council Negri till 1976. The name thereafter gazetted as Dewan Undangan Negeri.<\/p>\n<p>The General Council had their <strong>second meeting in a place known as Fort Brooke in Sibu<\/strong> on 15th June 1969.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting held in Sibu was the last so-called &#8220;outstation&#8221; venue as the <strong>third meeting of the General Council on 11th October 1870 was held at the Astana in Kuching.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The fourth place where the General Council had their meeting was in the Courthouse in kuching <\/strong>on 22nd July 1918. By this time it was already known as the Council Negri.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The fifth meeting venue for the Council Negri was Dewan Pembangunan Tun Abdul Razak <\/strong>where they had their 106th meeting on 28th December 1973.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Dewan Pembangunan Tun Abdul Razak the Council Negri Meeting<\/strong> was moved to its new building, <strong>the Council Negeri Complex<\/strong>, which was officiated on 17th August 1976 by the Yang DiPertuan Agong. For the first time on 16th-17th December 1976,the Council Negri had their meeting in this new building. It was during this meeting that the Council Negri had its new name-the Dewan Undangan Negeri. For the last 33 years the Dewan Undangan Negeri had their meeting here.<\/p>\n<p>The new Dewan Undangan Negeri Building<\/p>\n<p>Now, it&#8217;s time they <strong>move to a new building, the new Dewan Undangan Negeri building <\/strong>which is located on the hill by the river.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> This building perched on the promontory on the pristine bank of the Sarawak river and nonchalantly nestled between the Astana and Fort Magharetta.<\/li>\n<li> It stands majestically as the most breathtakingly beautiful landmark of the State.<\/li>\n<li> The new complex will hold up to 108 honourable members. Presently, there are 71 assemblymen and assemblywomen statewide.<\/li>\n<li> It has nine floors with a height of 27.7 metres, a diameter of 30.9 metres and a total area of 760 square metres. The chamber where meetings are held is at the eighth floor.<\/li>\n<li> Each significant design of the building symbolizes the people\u2019s sovereignty and the confluence of cultures of Sarawak\u2019s beauty culture.<\/li>\n<li> The only DUN building in Malaysia whose official opening will be graced by Yang di-Pertuan Agong and attended by rulers and representatives of the various states.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style='text-align:center' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><!--Yasr Visitor Votes Shortcode--><div id='yasr_visitor_votes_a4522654c4d50' class='yasr-visitor-votes'><div class=\"yasr-custom-text-vv-before yasr-custom-text-vv-before-830\">Click to rate this post!<\/div><div id='yasr-vv-second-row-container-a4522654c4d50'\r\n                                        class='yasr-vv-second-row-container'><div id='yasr-visitor-votes-rater-a4522654c4d50'\r\n                                      class='yasr-rater-stars-vv'\r\n                                      data-rater-postid='830'\r\n                                      data-rating='0'\r\n                                      data-rater-starsize='16'\r\n                                      data-rater-readonly='true'\r\n                                      data-rater-nonce='edb3e511ca'\r\n                                      data-issingular='false'\r\n                                    ><\/div><div class=\"yasr-vv-stats-text-container\" id=\"yasr-vv-stats-text-container-a4522654c4d50\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\r\n                                   class=\"yasr-dashicons-visitor-stats\"\r\n                                   data-postid=\"830\"\r\n                                   id=\"yasr-stats-dashicon-a4522654c4d50\">\r\n                                   <path d=\"M18 18v-16h-4v16h4zM12 18v-11h-4v11h4zM6 18v-8h-4v8h4z\"><\/path>\r\n                               <\/svg><span id=\"yasr-vv-text-container-a4522654c4d50\" class=\"yasr-vv-text-container\">[Total: <span id=\"yasr-vv-votes-number-container-a4522654c4d50\">0<\/span>  Average: <span id=\"yasr-vv-average-container-a4522654c4d50\">0<\/span>]<\/span><\/div><div id='yasr-vv-loader-a4522654c4d50' class='yasr-vv-container-loader'><\/div><\/div><div id='yasr-vv-bottom-container-a4522654c4d50' class='yasr-vv-bottom-container'><div class='yasr-small-block-bold'><span class='yasr-visitor-votes-must-sign-in'>You must sign in to vote<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><!--End Yasr Visitor Votes Shortcode--><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The history of Dewan Undangan Negeri begins in Bintulu where the General Council had their meeting on 8th September 1867. 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