Faculty of Administrative Science & Policy Studies Universiti Teknologi MARA
Title: A Study of Factors That Lead To the Public Participation in Local Government Activities
A Case Study: Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (MPHTJ)
Name of Students
SITI NURUL FATINAH BINTI RAMLI 2010609288
NURUL SHAZWANI BT MOHD ROSJIDIN 2010717587
Name of supervisor
Ms. NURUL HANIS BT MOHD SABRI
CLEARANCE FOR SUBMISSION OF THE APPLIED RESEARCH BY THE SUPERVISOR
Ms. Nurul Hanis Bt. Mohd Sabri
I have reviewed the final and complete applied research and approved the submission of this report for evaluation.
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(Nurul Hanis Bt. Mohd Sabri) Date:
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DECLARATION
We hereby declare that the work contained in this research is original and our own except, those duly identified and recognized. If we are later found to have committed plagiarism or acts of academic dishonesty, action can be taken in accordance with UiTM’s rules and academic regulations.
Signed,
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Siti Nurul Fatinah binti Ramli
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Nurul Shazwani bt Mohd Rosjidin
THE ABSTRACT
This study examined the factors that contribute to public participation in local government’s activity at Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (MPHTJ). This research
paper studies the relationship between Independent Variables (Community, Programs, Policy and Facility) and Dependent Variable (Public Participation). The purpose of this study is to identify the most significant factor that contributes to public participation in local government’s activitiy. The researchers conduct the study in the area of MPHTJs’
district at Melaka Tengah.
There are four (4) objectives for this research whereby the researchers aim to identify the factor that contributes to participation of public in local government’s activity. Besides
that, researchers intended to investigate whether the service provided by local government is sufficient as well as to examine the level of awareness among public towards the activity of local government. Last but not least, the researchers intended to investigate the response of public to programs conduct by local government. At the end of this paper, researchers are analyzing the result from this study which including the reliability analysis, correlation coefficient, descriptive analysis, multiple regression and normality test and lastly the researchers also have identified the limitation and recommendation for this study as well as to assist the future researcher for this study.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Clearance for Submission of the Applied Research by the Supervisor ii
Declaration iii
Acknowledgement iv
The Abstract v
1.0 INTRODUCTION OF RESEARCH PAPER
1.1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT 2
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTION 3
1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVE 4
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 5
1.6 SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY 5
1.6.1 THE PUBLIC CITIZEN 5
1.6.2 HANG TUAH JAYA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL (MPHTJ) 6
1.6.3 RESEARCH / OTHER RESEARCHER 6
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS/CONCEPT 6
1.7.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 6
1.7.2 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 7