Jerip reminds public service of duty to citizenry
KUCHING: Public servants, particularly those in the Padawan District Education Office (PPD), have been urged to continue serving with dedication and excellence. Deputy Minister of Transport Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said this is because the primary role of public service is in advancing the country’s development. “As public servants, it is both our duty and […]
Civil servants back review of salary scheme
BY FARIHAN RAZALI MUKAH: The government will review the public service salary scheme across the country and the discussions on it will be brought to the Cabinet meeting next week. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the decision was made because no salary increment had been given for quite some time and the last […]
Emulating Bintulu Development Board to improve public services
BINTULU: Government departments and agencies should regularly hold meeting customers day programmes to empower public services in this country, especially Bintulu. Tanjong Batu assemblyman Johnny Pang Leong Ming hoped that this programme would continue to be implemented to give the public an opportunity to come face-to-face with officials and staff of relevant agencies to raise […]
Greece paralysed by 24-hour strike over deadly train accident
ATHENS: Greece’s public services, including transport, were paralysed on Thursday by a 24-hour nationwide general strike called by labour unions over the deadly train accident last month. A series of marches in the centre of Athens staged by the umbrella civil servants’ union ADEDY, the private sector union GSEE, and other unions and opposition parties, […]
Malaysia counts 28 million social media users
KUALA LUMPUR: There are approximately 28 million users of social media in Malaysia as of January 2021, according to Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM) secretary-general Datuk Seri Mohammad Mentek. He said the figures showed that Malaysians were among the most active in social media. In fact, he said the number had increased by two million or […]
Muhyiddin fits well into his predecessor’s shoes
When Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin became Prime Minister on February 29 last year, many of Malaysia’s detractors felt that the Johorean would find it hard to fit into the shoes of his predecessor. After all it was not going to be easy emulating Malaysia’s most experienced 95-year-old Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who is […]
Include daily pay service in calculation
PERIOD OF PUBLIC SERVICE KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau chief Wilfred Yap has called for the calculation of period of public service to be reviewed to include the period of service as daily paid state government employees. He said that this was to enable such employees to enjoy the one-off vacation […]
