Abang Johari (front, third right) making the announcement on the RM500 financial assistance for federal civil servants. Also seen are Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian (left), Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Children Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah (second left), Utilities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom (third left), State Secretary Datuk Jaul Samion (fourth left), Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin Jawong (partially hidden, third right), State Federal Secretary Mohd Shahabuddin Omar (second right), and Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin (right). Photo: Mohd Alif Noni
KUCHING:
Federal civil servants in Sarawak will receive special bonus of RM500 from the
Sarawak government in appreciation for their services.
Chief
Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the special financial aid will
be paid by June next year.
“This
RM500 is in addition to the RM500 they will receive from the federal
government, so that makes a total of RM1,000,” he said at the end of the State
Civil Service Day celebration at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) yesterday.
Abang
Johari noted that there were more than 90,000 federal civil servants in
Sarawak.
“Most
of them are serving as teachers, health officers and police personnel, and many
of them are in the rural areas,” the chief minister said.
Abang Johari (front, third right) making the announcement on the RM500 financial assistance for federal civil servants. Also seen are Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian (left), Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Children Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah (second left), Utilities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom (third left), State Secretary Datuk Jaul Samion (fourth left), Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin Jawong (partially hidden, third right), State Federal Secretary Mohd Shahabuddin Omar (second right), and Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin (right). Photo: Mohd Alif Noni
Earlier,
in his speech, he reiterated that state civil servants would receive a bonus of
two months’ basic salary or a minimum of RM2,000 before Christmas.
“For
federal civil servants in Sarawak, I will find a way. Maybe in terms of
incentives.
“Let
us pray that Sarawak stays peaceful and prosperous so that we can increase the
state’s revenue,” the chief minister said.
Abang
Johari had earlier said that the same bonus given to state civil servants
cannot be given to federal civil servants due to a difference in policy between
the Sarawak and federal governments.
