MBPJ Budget 2027 Feedback: PJ Residents Have Until 24 July to Speak
Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ) has opened its public feedback window for the 2027 city budget, and the closing date is 24 July 2026. That leaves roughly eight days for residents, business owners and community groups in Petaling Jaya to tell the council where the money should go. The form is online, free, and takes a few minutes. There is no public hearing scheduled, so the Google Form is the only formal channel for input.
Why this year's budget cycle matters
The 2027 budget is the spending plan that runs through calendar year 2027. By the time it is published, debated and passed, the council is already committing to what gets fixed, upgraded, built or cut in the year ahead. For PJ residents, that maps directly to the things people complain about on a weekly basis: pothole patches, drain cleaning, kerb cuts, park maintenance, street lighting, community hall bookings, and the speed of licensing and planning approvals.
MBPJ is unusual among Selangor councils in that it opens the budget for public feedback before tabling it. The English version of the announcement is mirrored from the Bahasa Malaysia page, and the form itself is run through Google Forms. The council publishes a budget summary under the "Belanjawan" section of its site, so residents who want to make a serious submission can read last year's allocation before suggesting a change. The council also operates an SMS line (33213) for complaints and an e-Aduan portal, but those are post-budget channels for service failures. The 2027 feedback form is the only route in before the figures are fixed.
What to actually write in the form
Generic complaints get logged and forgotten. Specific line items get attention. The form is a single open field, so the most useful submissions are short and concrete. Name the road, name the drain, name the park, name the facility. If you want more money for a particular area (say, Taman Jaya lake maintenance, Section 17 drain upgrades, or the PJ Learning City programme), say where the current spend is failing and what the cost of fixing it actually is. Local residents' associations often circulate a draft submission, so check yours before writing from scratch.
The feedback window closes on 24 July 2026. After that, MBPJ consolidates submissions and prepares the draft budget for tabling. If you miss the window, the next formal channel is the full council meeting where the budget is debated, but by then the numbers are fixed.
Practical Details
- Dates: Open now; closes 24 July 2026
- Venue: Online via Google Form (linked from MBPJ website)
- Address: MBPJ, Jalan Yong Shook Lin, 46675 Petaling Jaya, Selangor (for in-person enquiries)
- Nearest LRT: Taman Jaya or Asia Jaya (Kelana Jaya Line)
- Price: Free
- Website: mbpj.gov.my
