Siburan Sub-District Office / Faezzie Sumaron Faeddolin

• Main Author: Faeddolin, Faezzie Sumaron
• Format: Monograph
• Language: English
• Published: University Technology MARA Sarawak 2018
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); Study and teaching. Research
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/101270/1/101270.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/101270/

Pejabat Daerah Kecil Siburan (PDKS) or also known as Siburan sub-District Office is allocated at 17th mile, Jalan Kuching-Serian 94200 Kuching. It took about 45 minutes from Kuching district to reach Pejabat Daerah Kecil Siburan. In 1967, Siburan, Beratok and Tapah were declared as the restricted area which also known as ‘Operation Hammer Areas’ due to certain safety reason. During that time, the administration operation was handling by Regrouping Officer. The main function is to manage on the safety of the administration. The total amount of the family that include in the operation at that time was 1,233 with the total amount ofthe population with 8, 326 people. On the 5th March 1980, ‘Operation Hammer’ has been dissolved and all the administration has been given to Siburan sub-District that being led by Sarawak Administrative Officer. It is assumed that Siburan sub-District Office is allocated at the middle area between Kuching and Padawan sub district. Apart from Siburan villages, there are few more villages under Siburan sub-District such as Kota Padawan, Beratok and Tapah. Starting from 1st August 2015, Siburan sub-District which was under supervision of Kuching District have been change to Serian District including all the villages under their supervision as Serian has become the new division. Due to the new division separation, the number of the villages under the supervision ofthe sub-district office decrease.