The arrangement of Kampung Melayu area was organized by wijkmeester which was responsible to Oei Tiong Ham, the Chinese Captain which stayed in Gedong Gula in the Chinese settlement. In Kampung Melayu there was an Arab Captain which responsible to act as a mediator between his native society and Dutch government.
Originally, there were three villages in Kampung Melayu: Banjarsari villlage, Melayu darat village and Dadapsari village. The village’s chief (Lurah) has pointed by Chinese landlord which has power given by the Dutch government. The Chiefs had responsibility to collect land tax from the people who stayed in their area. The first village's chief came from Madura.
Melayu darat village, as the first village in Kampung Melayu occupied by the Malay people (Malaka and Palembang), meanwhile the majority ethnic in Banjarsari village came from Banjar (South Kalimantan), Sampit and Pangkalan Bun (Central Kalimantan). Dadapsari village as the youngest village in Kampung Melayu covered area around Petek street. This village can be said as the most strategic place for settlement as its location close to the centre of Semarang city at that time. Dadapsari came from the word "dadap"; one kind of trees grows in swamp area in Central Java.
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