Page 7 - Annual Report 2008
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2008
AnnuAl RepoRt Laporan Tahunan
ESTabliShmENT




incorporation

incorporated under the sibu Water Board order, 1959 made under section 19 of the Water
supply ordinance 1959 (Cap. 141) and re-incorporated under the sibu Water Board order,
1995 made under section 19 of the Water ordinance 1994 when the Water supply ordinance
1959 was repealed. the constitution of the Board was further amended vide sibu Water
Board order 2002 and sibu Water Board order 2005.




Objectives of the board

a body corporate established by the Yang dipertua negeri as the water authority to
administer, manage and supervise all water works situated within the area specified below :


Commencing from a Trig point numbered TT352 at the Sibu/Kanowit District

Boundary on the true left bank of Batang Rajang about 1300 metres from East
of Sungai Pak; thence on a South/Westerly direction following the Sibu/Kanowit
District Boundary until it reaches Trig marked N134 on the common Divisional
Boundary of Sibu/Sarikei; thence following the Sibu/Sarikei Divisional Boundary

on a West/Northerly direction until it reaches the confluence of Loba Singat at
Batang Lassa; thence on bearing 90 degree for a distance of 46 Km to reach a
point at ‘A’ on the common District Boundary of Sibu/Dalat; thence following
the existing Sibu/Dalat District Boundary on a Southerly direction for a

distance of approximately 45 Km; thence following the existing Sibu/Kanowit
District Boundary on a Southerly direction for a distance of approximately 10
Km to reach the Trig marked TT352, being the point of commencement.




Statutory Functions of the board

pursuant to section 18 (3) - (4) of the Water ordinance 1994, the general functions of the
Board as a water authority are :


• to have the custody, management and administration of water works and the water therein
and the management of the supply and distribution of such water within its area of supply
subject to the general control and supervision of the state Water authority.

• to supply water to the consumers within the limits of its area of supply subject to the
provision of the Water ordinance 1994 and any regulations made thereunder.









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