Perpustakaan IKBN Kuala Perlis bukan untuk awam

Dengan segala hormatnya saya merujuk kepada aduan dalam ruangan ini pada 3 Oktober 2012 (Rabu) bertajuk Pekerja Bawa Anak Kecil Ke Perpustakaan IKBN Kuala Perlis.

Adalah dimaklumkan, Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN) Kuala Perlis merupakan salah sebuah institut yang menawarkan latihan teknikal, ditubuhkan di bawah Kementerian Belia dan Sukan. Antara objektif institut ini adalah untuk menyediakan latihan kemahiran dalam tiga bidang utama iaitu Automotif, Binaan dan Maritim sepertimana ditetapkan oleh Jabatan Pembangunan Kemahiran (JPK).

Untuk makluman, institut ini juga memiliki kemudahan lain seperti dewan serba guna, padang bola sepak, gelanggang takraw, bola tampar dan futsal khusus untuk kegunaan aktiviti harian pelajar IKBN. Bagi kegunaan orang awam, ia adalah sangat terhad, malah mereka perlu mendapat kebenaran khas daripada Pengarah IKBN selagi ia tidak mengganggu jadual aktiviti pelajar.

Pihak institut ingin memberi penjelasan terhadap beberapa perkara berhubung isu yang dibangkitkan, antaranya ialah:

- Semenjak institut ini mula beroperasi, belum pernah lagi perpustakaan ini dibuka untuk kegunaan orang awam mahupun pelajar Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP).

- Institut ini dilengkapi dengan kawalan keselamatan di pintu masuk bagi memastikan kehadiran daripada orang awam ataupun pelajar UniMAP ke institut ini. Adalah mustahil mereka yang berkenaan dapat masuk ke institut ini tanpa sebarang urusan.

- Selain daripada itu juga, institut ini memiliki aset-aset yang bernilai tinggi dan menjadi tanggungjawab institut untuk memastikan keselamatan aset tersebut terjaga. Oleh sebab yang demikian pihak institut perlu menghadkan kemasukan dan penggunaan kemudahan di IKBN kepada orang awam.

- Kedudukan perpustakaan yang berada di bawah bangunan Pentadbiran Institut, dan pemantauan sering dilakukan oleh pihak pengurusan IKBN. Sehingga kini belum pernah melihat kakitangan perpustakaan melakukan perkara sebagaimana isu yang dibangkitkan.

- Pihak institut juga merekod semua kehadiran pelajar IKBN yang menggunakan perpustakaan ini melalui Kad Matrik dan sehingga kini tiada rekod orang awam mahupun pelajar daripada UniMAP.

- Buku-buku yang terdapat di sini juga adalah sangat terhad dan tidak sesuai untuk rujukan bagi pelajar di peringkat universiti.

- Untuk makluman, terdapat Perpustakaan Awam yang terletak bersebelahan institut ini. Besar kemungkinan kekeliruan ini berlaku disebabkan pengadu mungkin tidak meneliti terlebih dahulu hak milik sebenar perpustakaan tersebut. Di sini pihak institut ingin menegaskan Perpustakaan IKBN hanya terhad kepada pelajar yang mengikuti pengajian di sini sahaja.

Sehubungan dengan ini, pihak institut mohon agar tuan dapat memberi penjelasan berhubung perkara ini agar tiada pihak yang memberi tanggapan yang salah terhadap Perpustakaan IKBN Kuala Perlis.

Pihak institut juga berharap pihak Biro Pengaduan Awam dapat membuat siasatan mengenai perkara ini dan pihak institut akan memberi kerjasama sepenuhnya demi untuk menjaga dan memulihkan nama baik Perpustakaan IKBN khususnya dan Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara Kuala Perlis amnya.

Diharapkan dengan penjelasan yang diberikan, perkara ini dapat diselesaikan dengan cara yang baik dan berhemah. Kerjasama tuan berhubung perkara ini amatlah dihargai dan didahului dengan ucapan ribuan terima kasih.

IZAHAR IBRAHIMPengarah IKBN Kuala Perlis,
Perlis

UTUSAN MALAYSIA

Berita@INTURA September 2012

HOSPITALS: Loss undermines our trust

I AM disappointed with the lack of integrity that appears to have taken place in a well-known local government hospital.

My neighbour, Law, was transferred to that hospital from Temerloh Hospital after a suspected case of pneumonia. During the transfer, Law had with him a wallet with more than RM200.

Due to the severity of his condition, he had to be admitted into the intensive care unit. After a week there, he was transferred to the general ward.

That is when he found that the RM200 had shrunk to just three RM10 notes.

I am not putting the blame for the loss on any party. Law also does not wish to obtain any reimbursement from any party.

However, if any staff member of the hospital had anything to do with the loss of his money, it would amount to dishonesty while discharging their duties as healthcare professionals. If that is the case, then integrity is at stake.

This is unbecoming as the reputation of not merely a hospital but the entire Malaysian healthcare system could be seriously tarnished. Apart from providing the best healthcare services, I believe the value of trustworthiness should be inculcated in healthcare professionals, regardless of their position.

It is based on trust that patients come to government hospitals to receive treatment, besides the fact that they are cheaper.

The word "trust" should not be practised just among the healthcare professionals.

There has to be intra-professional trust, too. For instance, a doctor trusts that a pharmacist will check and dispense the prescribed medication properly, he trusts a laboratory technician to provide accurate laboratory results and a nurse to administer the prescribed medications to the patient on time in the ward.

It is because of trust that these professionals can work together efficiently to ensure the patients receive proper medical treatment.

Similarly, trust should be developed between a healthcare professional and a patient.

It is a little tougher than the intra-professional trust, but it is doable.

More often than not, a patient chooses to trust a doctor more than anyone else when they are admitted to a ward.

A patient trusts a doctor in his or her accurate diagnosis and treatment, trusts a physiotherapist for the rehabilitative treatment and even trusts the nurse or other staff who take care of all his or her belongings while admitted.

At the very least, the patient does not expect to be robbed of his possessions when he is most vulnerable.

As a future healthcare professional, I urge those in the healthcare sector to make the healthcare service a "trusted" one.

But before that, let's start with ourselves, our attitude, which is to serve with integrity towards all patients who come to us.

NEW STRAITS TIMES

Pleasantly surprised at efficiency and good service

I went for a medical check-up last Tuesday at Bukit Mertajam Hospital and was pleasantly surprised at the transformation that has taken place.

Right from the counter, where you hand in your yellow card, right up to the doctor, I was amazed at the efficiency and the pleasant treatment meted out to patients.

In the consultation room, I found that Dr Sujathra Saravanan had a wonderful disposition.

She was meticulous in checking my records and explained carefully how I should take my pills.

She also enquired about how I kept my health in balance, getting me to talk about my exercise regime and hobbies.

This was a pleasant encounter where there was genuine concern for my wellbeing. I was touched by this.
Congratulations to the administration and staff of the hospital for this delightful improvement.

NEW STRAITS TIMES

Kakitangan awam perlu aktif sukan

KANGAR 5 Okt. - Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr. Md Isa Sabu berharap penganjuran sukan melibatkan kakitangan awam bukan sahaja menjadi medan terbaik rekreasi malah sebagai sesi perkongsian idea dan percambahan pendapat bagi memantapkan organisasi masing-masing.

Beliau berkata, ini kerana penganjuran sukan seperti ini memerlukan kerjasama dan komitmen jitu dan penggemblengan tenaga yang bukan sedikit.

"Setiap jabatan juga telah dipertanggungjawabkan menjadi tuan rumah bagi setiap acara yang dipertandingkan di mana semangat kesukanan ini wajar dipuji kerana mendapat penglibatan semua kontinjen yang bertanding bagi menjaya program," katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika merasmikan Pembukaan Sukan Jawatankuasa Penyelaras Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan Negeri Perlis (JKPKPKK) di D'Arena Futsal, Jalan Stadium Utama, di sini hari ini.

Yang turut hadir, Pengarah Jabatan Penerangan Negeri Perlis yang juga Pengerusi JKPKPKK, Mohamed Lokman Mahmud dan Pengarah Perpustakaan Negara Negeri Perlis, Norma Mohd. Darus selaku Pengerusi Penganjur Sukan JKPKPKK 2012.

Sebanyak lapan jabatan di Perlis terlibat dalam penganjuran sukan kali ke-4 itu yang terdiri daripada Jabatan Penerangan, Jabatan Hal Ehwal Khas Negeri Perlis (JASA), Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia, Jabatan Penyiaran, Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Negara (JKKN), Pertubuhan Berita Nasional (Bernama), Muzium Kota Kayang dan Kraftangan.

Selain itu, enam acara sukan dipertandingkan dari 2 hingga 18 Oktober iaitu boling, badminton, sepak takraw, bola tampar dan futsal.

Md. Isa berkata, sukan juga boleh dijadikan sebagai satu elemen penting dalam kehidupan bagi membina peribadi mulia dan membentuk masyarakat yang sihat.

"Secara tidak langsung sukan dapat melatih semangat berpasukan, kepimpinan, rasa tanggungjawab dan berdisiplin," katanya.

Beliau berkata, pekerja yang cergas dan aktif akan lebih sihat, berdaya saing selain dapat meningkatkan prestasi kerja.

Di samping bersukan, katanya, pengambilan makanan yang berkhasiat dan sesuai dengan diet juga amat penting.

Jelasnya, sukan dan diet yang seimbang perlu seiring untuk menjamin kesihatan tubuh badan berpanjangan.

NEW STRAITS TIMES

Cuepacs: Look into Suaram bribery claims

THE Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) has asked the authorities to investigate allegations that Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) had bribed civil servants to cover up information on its foreign funding and to gather information related to national security and government secrets.  

Its president, Datuk Omar Osman, said any civil servant found to have been involved should be given the appropriate punishment.

"It is up to the authorities (to take action). Civil servants should not be accepting bribes. We have ethics we must adhere to," he said.

Omar was commenting on a statement by Azwanddin Hamzah, president of the non-governmental organisation Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM), yesterday that Suaram had received more than US$100 million (RM305.35 million) to organise street protests and that it had also bribed government officers.

Suaram has categorically denied the allegations that it had bribed government officers to cover up information on its foreign funding and to gather information related to national security and government secrets.

It also challenged JMM to substantiate its allegations and demanded an immediate apology and retraction of the allegations should JMM fail to do so.

Omar said he was not sure why JMM had hurled the allegations at civil servants.

"Nevertheless, we advise civil servants to distance themselves from bribery to maintain the integrity of the civil service and secure their own future." Bernama

NEW STRAITS TIMES

CUEPACS mahu dikaji semula

PULAU PINANG 4 Okt. - Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Di Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (CUEPACS) mahu kerajaan mengkaji semula kadar faedah pinjaman perumahan sebanyak empat peratus yang dikenakan ke atas penjawat awam.

Presidennya, Datuk Omar Osman berkata, perkara itu berikutan kadar yang dikenakan tersebut membebankan kakitangan awam yang terpaksa membeli rumah dengan harga semakin tinggi.

Menurutnya, langkah Kementerian Kewangan membenarkan bank komersial menawarkan pinjaman perumahan kepada penjawat awam juga harus dikaji semula.

“Kadar faedah empat peratus yang ditetapkan itu berdasarkan harga rumah yang masih rendah tetapi tidak lagi sesuai kini kerana harga rumah semakin tinggi.

“Selain itu, jika sebelum ini pinjaman melalui Bahagian Pinjaman Perumahan Kementerian Kewangan boleh dibuat 100 peratus, tetapi jika diserahkan kepada bank, kita bimbang pembeli terpaksa membayar deposit antara lima hingga 10 peratus," katanya.

Beliau ditemui pemberita selepas seminar Merakyatkan Sektor Perkhidmatan Awam di sini hari ini.

Seminar itu dirasmikan oleh Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang, Datuk Farizan Darus yang turut dihadiri oleh Pengerusi CUEPACS negeri, Mohd. Sayuthi Harun.

Tambah Omar, pihaknya masih menunggu pihak Perbendaharaan mengadakan taklimat mengenai isu itu supaya dapat diperhalusi sebelum dipersetujui.

Selain itu jelasnya, CUEPACS juga akan memantau proses pinjaman dengan bank-bank komersial supaya tidak membebankan kakitangan awam.

Pada masa sama, beliau turut merayu kerajaan mengkaji semula imbuhan tetap perumahan kepada penjawat awam berikutan harga rumah serta kadar sewa yang semakin meningkat.

“Isu perumahan ini amat kritikal dan perlu diberi perhatian serius kerana sering menjadi topik hangat dalam kalangan 1.4 juta penjawat awam di negara ini.

UTUSAN MALAYSIA

Lantik guru sertai PVR

KUALA LUMPUR 4 Okt. - Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) bercadang melantik guru sekolah sebagai anggota Pasukan Sukarelawan Polis (PVR) bagi menangani masalah jenayah di kawasan sekolah terutama kes penculikan pelajar.

Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Ismail Omar berkata, dalam pembentangan Bajet 2013, kerajaan telah meluluskan penambahan 10,000 anggota PVR dengan peruntukan berjumlah RM70 juta.

Beliau berkata, penambahan anggota PVR membolehkan pasukan keselamatan itu meningkatkan kehadiran anggotanya di kawasan awam termasuk pusat beli-belah, kawasan perumahan dan sekolah dalam usaha mencegah jenayah.

"Kita mahu anggota polis bersifat omnipresence (terdapat di mana-mana) di lokasi yang menjadi tumpuan awam seperti pusat beli-belah, taman perumahan dan juga sekolah.

"Usaha tersebut diharap dapat membantu mencapai matlamat Bidang Keberhasilan Utama Negara (NKRA) fasa kedua yang menyasarkan mahu mengurangkan kebimbangan masyarakat terhadap jenayah," katanya dalam temuramah bersama Utusan Malaysia di Ibu Pejabat Polis Bukit Aman di sini hari ini.

Menurut Ismail, selain memberi fokus di tempat awam, pihaknya turut memberi perhatian terhadap sekolah kerana tidak mahu ibu bapa yang bekerja berasa bimbang tentang keselamatan anak-anak di sekolah.

Beliau berkata, polis memang memandang serius keselamatan di kawasan sekolah kerana tidak mahu kes penculikan menimpa kanak-kanak warga Belanda, Nayati Shamelin Moodlier sebelum ini, berlaku pada pelajar lain.

Ismail berkata, pelantikan guru sekolah sebagai anggota PVR akan meningkatkan kehadiran anggota polis di kawasan sekolah, sekali gus menyebabkan penjenayah tidak berani mendekati pelajar.

Katanya, guru-guru yang dilantik sebagai anggota PVR akan diberi uniform, dihantar menjalani latihan agar memahami undang-undang dan dibenarkan memilih waktu bertugas mengikut kesesuaian jadual mereka supaya tidak mengganggu tugas mengajar.

"Cadangan mengambil guru sekolah sebagai penambahan 10,000 anggota PVR menerusi Bajet 2013 akan dibincangkan secara lanjut dengan Ketua Pengarah Pelajaran dalam tempoh terdekat ini.

"Selain guru sekolah, kita juga merancang melantik anggota PVR di kalangan komuniti perniagaan seperti pemilik pusat beli-belah kerana pelantikan mereka secara langsung menyedarkan mereka tentang tanggungjawab menjaga keselamatan di premis masing-masing," ujarnya.

Sementara itu, beliau berkata, penyertaan kaum bukan Melayu terutama Cina dan India dalam kerjaya polis masih lagi rendah, meskipun kerajaan sudah memberikan pelbagai insentif untuk menarik minat mereka.

Beliau berasa sedih kerana penyertaan kaum Cina dan India dalam PDRM masih kecil sedangkan perkhidmatan mereka amat diperlukan dalam pasukan keselamatan itu.

 UTUSAN MALAYSIA

JPA kaji selaras gaji graduan

Ipoh: Kerajaan sedang mengkaji untuk menyelaras tangga gaji penjawat awam berkelulusan ijazah yang kini memulakan kerjaya dengan Gred 41. 

Ketua Setiausaha Negara,Datuk Seri Dr Ali Hamsa berkata, pelarasan itu perlu bagi mencapai sasaran masyarakat berpendapatan tinggi dan negara maju menjelang 2020. 

Bagaimanapun, beliau tidak menyatakan gred yang dicadangkan. Penggredan perjawatan awam berkelulusan ijazah kini bermula daripada gred 41, diikuti Gred 44, Gred 48, Gred 52, Gred 54, Jawatan Utama Sektor Awam (JUSA) C, JUSA B, JUSA A, Turus 3, Turus 2, Turus 1 dan Ketua Setiausaha Negara.

Penyelarasan gaji

“Ia di peringkat awal perbincangan dengan Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) untuk melihat segala aspek mengenai pelarasan gaji bagi penjawat awam berkelulusan graduan.

“Sebagai graduan, mereka memasuki kerja bermula dengan Gred 41 dan boleh mencapai jawatan setinggi Ketua Setiausaha Negara, tetapi tidak semua boleh mencapai tahap sedemikian. 
“Jadi, kita mencadangkan satu mekanisme baru untuk memastikan pelarasan mengenai penggredan serta had gaji berasaskan kemampuan sedia ada,” katanya selepas merasmikan penutup Persidangan Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam (SPA) Malaysia, di sini semalam.

Mengenai cadangan CUEPACS memohon bonus satu setengah bulan dikecualikan daripada cukai, Ali berkata, ia membabitkan perbincangan di peringkat Kementerian Kewangan.

“Kita perlu melihat cadangan itu dalam pelbagai aspek serta apa juga implikasi kewangan sebelum membuat keputusan,” katanya.

Berhubung dakwaan pembangkang bilangan 1.4 juta penjawat awam terlalu ramai sehingga meningkatkan kos kerajaan, Ali berkata, bilangan itu seimbang bagi membantu menyediakan perkhidmatan terbaik kepada rakyat.

“Apa yang penting, matlamat penjawat awam ialah meningkatkan produktiviti dengan kreatif dan berinovasi,” katanya.

BERITA HARIAN

Civil service to create more promotion opportunities

IPOH: More promotion opportunities are in the pipeline for graduates in the civil service.

Chief Secretary to the Government Datuk Seri Dr Ali Hamsa said a degree holder who starts at Grade 41 should be able to retire at a grade as high as his (Dr Ali's) position.

However, currently there are not enough opportunities for everybody to reach such levels.

“We are still discussing this with the Public Service Department. The special commission on public services will also be coming out with a report on the matter,” he said.

Dr Ali was speaking to reporters after attending the closing ceremony of the 15th Public Service Commissions conference here yesterday.

On another note, he dismissed the allegation that the country has too many civil servants.

Pakatan Rakyat had previously called for the civil service to be reduced.

“There is no such thing as a bloated civil service.

“We have the right size now at about 1.4 million civil servants, and we are increasing our productivity each day through creative and innovative methods,” said Dr Ali.

He also called on heads of department to go down to the field to monitor the effectiveness of services rendered to the public by their officers.

THE STAR

Mulling higher pay for graduate civil servants

IPOH: The government is discussing with the Public Service Department the possibility of increasing the salary of civil servants who enter as graduates.

Chief Secretary to the Government Datuk Seri Dr Ali Hamsa said as the country inches towards high-income nation status in 2020, the income of civil servants should grow in tandem.

"We are at the early stages of discussions and looking into all possibilities," he said

Speaking after closing the Civil Services Commission conference, Ali said among the aspects that were being looked into was the promotion mechanism.

"Like in the teaching service, we have introduced time-based promotion," he said, admitting that the approval of the scheme would depend on government coffers.

On another matter, Ali said there was no such thing as a bloated civil service as claimed by Pakatan Rakyat.

"We are at the right size right now."

Earlier, he urged civil servants to work with the rakyat in mind.

"There are 1.42 million civil servants in the country and seven to eight million of the population are related to civil servants.

"When we work, do not just do it for the salary but work with the intention of fulfilling the people's wishes."

Ali said it should be ingrained in civil servants that they were not working just for themselves but also for the people.

"When we have that spirit, we will give our best."

NEW STRAITS TIMES

AS part of the Government Transformation Programme, there is an urgent need to transform the operations of local governments to better serve the needs of the people.

Local authorities are the closest to the people. They are the managers of urban environments.

With each passing day, local government becomes more and more significant in terms of acquiring the capacity to deal with the many issues and finding quick answers to community needs and services.

Local government, instead of being the lowest level of government, should become the highest in terms of the people's need for services. All local authorities should strive to give their best services.

Efficient local authorities require good leadership that is accountable to the people. Absence of local government elections means that local councillors are not the choice of the people, but are appointees of state governments.

Poorly managed local authorities inevitably lead to bad governance.

Good governance requires wide participation and discussion involving not only governmental agencies, but also diverse representatives from non-governmental organisations and civil groups.

Participation by all stakeholders is a cornerstone of good governance.

Involving citizens at the grassroots level is a key ingredient of good governance.

Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye,
Kuala Lumpur

NEW STRAITS TIMES

Cuepacs wants tax-free bonus

PUTRAJAYA: Cuepacs yesterday requested that the 11/2-month bonus for civil servants announced in the Budget be exempt from tax.

"This is the first time we are requesting it for all civil servants, regardless of ranking," said its president, Datuk Omar Osman, after a meeting with Higher Education Ministry officials.

Omar also said those who wished to apply for affordable homes should be allowed to get full loans without having to pay a 10 per cent deposit. He said 100 per cent loans should be given to first-time house owners.

In the Budget, RM1.9 billion is allocated to build 123,000 affordable housing units in strategic locations and RM500 million to build houses priced between RM100,000 and RM400,000 nationwide.

Omar also said they were waiting for details on the replacement for the Public Service Remuneration Scheme from the Public Service Department.

NEW STRAITS TIMES

Allow for immediate full tenure of service for calculation of pensions

IT is heartening and gratifying to note that the Government is going all out to ensure that its promises to the people are being fulfilled.

How apt the slogan chosen for this year’s Merdeka celebration: Janji ditepati!

The recently announced 2013 Budget is exemplary of a government that is sensitive to the needs of its people and mindful of fulfilling all promises it had made to them. Syabas!

As a 70-plus-year-old pensioner, I have a wish before I meet my Maker and that is: our Government would honour an agreement reached with the Pensioners Association during the time of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s administration that pension calculations be based on the full tenure of service and not on a maximum of 25 years of service, terms and conditions applied.

I served a total of 35 years and four months. Though pension calculations have since been adjusted to be based on a maximum of 30 years’ service, for pensioners like me and many others, we feel “short-changed” of some years of our service.

Some of us have moved on (never to return), and regrettably taken along with them an “unfulfilled promise”!

Now the new optional retirement age is set at 60. In the years to come, many more will serve the civil service for periods longer than 30 years. There is no need to go over the arguments for pension calculations based on full tenure of service.

That has already been dealt with and consensus reached. With the new retirement age, a better and fuller pension has become the additional reason for senior government staff to continue till full term rather than opting out earlier.

Their experience and talents must be tapped to the full. Their quitting early will be a loss to the civil service.

Therefore, in the spirit of Janji ditepati, I appeal to the Government to allow for full-tenure pension calculations with immediate effect. Time is running out for me and many others in the same boat.

LYC
Seremban

THE STAR

Tangguh sebulan sebelum tukar

KUALA LUMPUR: Pertukaran jawatan Datuk Bandar Petaling Jaya, Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman kepada Timbalan Setiausaha Negeri Selangor sepatutnya berkuat kuasa Isnin lalu, ditangguh sebulan, kata Ketua Setiausaha Negara, Datuk Seri Dr Ali Hamsa.

Menurut beliau, penangguhan itu akan membolehkan Mohamad Roslan menyelesaikan semua kerja belum disempurnakan sebelum menyerahkan tanggungjawab itu kepada Datuk Bandar baru.

“Pertukaran seumpama ini sering berlaku di mana-mana pun. Ia adalah sebahagian daripada pelaksanaan pihak atasan untuk mengisi kekosongan jawatan.

“Malah jika kita mengambil kira semua faktor, pertukaran ini juga sebagai memberi peluang kenaikan pangkat kepada seseorang,” katanya pada sidang media di sini, semalam.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas isu pertukaran Mohamad Roslan yang dibekukan Kerajaan Negeri Selangor.

Difahamkan, Mohamad Roslan menerima surat pertukaran berkenaan pada 27 September lalu yang mengarahkannya bertukar pada Isnin lalu, namun tidak dapat berbuat demikian kerana tiada sebarang pergerakan jawatan lagi di peringkat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri (SUK).

Dalam satu kenyataan semalam, Menteri Besar Selangor, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, berkata kerajaan negeri akan mendapatkan penjelasan dan berbincang terlebih dulu dengan Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) berhubung perkara itu sebelum satu pengumuman bersama dibuat.

Katanya, sepanjang tempoh berkenaan, Mohamad Roslan diminta terus bertugas di Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ) seperti biasa.

Dalam pada itu, ketika diminta mengulas kenyataan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, kelmarin yang mahukan lebih banyak taska diwujudkan di jabatan kerajaan bagi memastikan lebih ramai wanita berpendidikan tinggi dapat bekerja, Ali berkata, infrastruktur di taman asuhan kanak-kanak (taska) di semua jabatan dan agensi kerajaan akan dipertingkat.

Katanya, pelaksanaan itu juga selaras peruntukan yang disediakan kerajaan menerusi pembentangan Bajet 2013 pada 28 September lalu.

“Berdasarkan permintaan terhadap taska ini, rata-ratanya meminta kapasiti yang lebih besar. Jadi kita percaya sebilangan besar jabatan sudah pun menubuhkannya sementara yang belum ada, ia akan diwujudkan,” katanya selepas menyampaikan Anugerah Kecemerlangan Pengurusan Kewangan Berdasarkan Indeks Akauntabiliti 2011 bagi Agensi dan Badan Berkanun Persekutuan di sini, semalam. Majlis itu menyaksikan sebanyak 111 kementerian, jabatan dan agensi kerajaan di peringkat persekutuan yang memperoleh prestasi cemerlang empat bintang Indeks Akauntabili menerima anugerah berkenaan.

HARIAN METRO

Pekerja bawa anak kecil ke perpustakaan IKBN

SEBAGAI pengguna tetap perpustakaan di IKBN Kuala Perlis, saya rasa terpanggil untuk menyatakan rasa kekesalan dan kekecewaan kami pelajar Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) dan pengguna lain di perpustakaan ini.

Sepanjang tahun 2012, saya dapati ada pekerja di perpustakaan ini membawa masuk kanak-kanak berusia empat tahun setiap hari selepas waktu persekolahan dan juga di waktu cuti sekolah. Keadaan ini berlarutan sejak awal Januari 2012 lagi hinggalah ke hari ini.

Memandangkan perpustakaan bukanlah tempat untuk kanak-kanak seusia itu berada di dalamnya, tentulah kami pengguna perpustakaan ini sering terganggu dengan bunyi tangisan, hilai tawa, berkejaran dan berlari ke sana sini di dalam perpustakaan serta bunyi bising yang kami dengar sepanjang masa selepas tamat persekolahan.

Amatlah tidak sesuai kanak-kanak dibawa masuk ke perpustakaan ini, apatah lagi penjaga kepada kanak-kanak tersebut lebih memberi tumpuan kepada kanak-kanak tersebut seperti memandikannya, menidurkan dan memujuknya apabila kanak-kanak tersebut membuat bising atau menangis daripada menjalankan tugas.

Sehubungan itu, saya amat berharap agar pihak-pihak yang berkaitan dapat memantau kehadiran kanak-kanak tersebut yang tentunya menganggu kami pengguna perpustakaan tersebut dan juga mengganggu tugas pegawai tersebut yang bertugas di perpustakaan ini.

PELAJAR KESAL,

Kuala Perlis, Perlis.

UTUSAN MALAYSIA

Beku pertukaran

SHAH ALAM: Kerajaan negeri membekukan sementara pertukaran Datuk Bandar Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ), Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman ke Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri (SUK) bagi membolehkan perbincangan dibuat antara Kerajaan Selangor dengan Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA).

Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim berkata, selepas perbincangan membabitkan pergerakan dan pertukaran kakitangan dibuat, satu pengumuman bersama akan dibuat.

Katanya, buat masa ini, Mohamad Roslan masih lagi bertugas di MBPJ.

“Perkara ini masih di peringkat perbincangan. Ia perlu diadakan dengan JPA juga bersama Exco supaya dapat memilih mereka yang sesuai untuk jawatan itu.

“Perbincangan ini masih belum sampai ke peringkat keputusan. Bila ada pergerakan, kami kena pindahkan orang lain. JPA ada hak untuk memindahkan orang, tetapi tidak ada hak terhadap jawatan seseorang,” katanya kepada pemberita dalam sidang media selepas merasmikan Kolokium Penyelidikan Universiti Selangor (Unisel) 2012 dan pelancaran akaun laman sosial Facebook Unisel Researcher Frens di Dewan Serbaguna Unisel, di sini, semalam.

Kelmarin, Sekretariat Media Unit Perhubungan Awam MBPJ, dalam satu kenyataan media menyatakan bantahan terhadap arahan yang diterima daripada JPA melalui surat bertarikh 27 September lalu yang mengarahkan pertukaran Mohamad Roslan sebagai Timbalan Setiausaha Kerajaan (Pembangunan) di Pentadbiran Setiausaha Kerajaan Selangor berkuat kuasa kelmarin.

Kenyataan media itu, antara lain menyebut arahan itu tidak sah kerana ia bercanggah dengan Seksyen 10 Akta Kerajaan Tempatan 1976 yang jelas menyatakan memberi kuasa mutlak kepada kerajaan negeri untuk melantik Datuk Bandar Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan.

Ditanya sama ada surat berkenaan sah atau sebaliknya, Abdul Khalid berkata, ia adalah sah, tetapi pertukaran itu masih belum dapat dilaksanakan.

“Saya tidak kata setuju atau tidak setuju. Kita akan adakan perbincangan supaya pergerakan itu berlaku dengan tertib.

“Dalam tempoh dua minggu, kami akan tentukan. Pada masa ini, hujung tahun, sukar kerana banyak kerja perlu dilakukan. Selalunya pertukaran berlaku pada awal tahun,” katanya.

HARIAN METRO

Pengurangan 100,000 anggota khidmat awam

KUALA LUMPUR 2 Okt. - Bajet alternatif pembangkang seperti dibentangkan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim Rabu lalu akan menyebabkan defisit jauh melebihi RM1.1 bilion, jika mengambil kira kenaikan gaji pekerja sektor awam di setiap kementerian dan agensi kerajaan.

Ketua Biro Profesional Muda MCA, Datuk Chua Tee Yong berkata, pembangkang memerlukan emolumen RM5.1 bilion bagi melaksanakan elaun pengajaran khas RM500 sebulan buat semua guru, kenaikan gaji kakitangan awam kepada RM1,100 menerusi gaji minimum sejagat dan perbelanjaan kenaikan gaji anggota polis sebanyak 15 peratus.

Sedangkan, katanya, berdasarkan pecahan peruntukan mengurus dalam bajet itu, pembangkang mendakwa bayaran emolumen hanya meningkat sebanyak RM4 bilion daripada RM52 bilion tahun ini kepada RM56 bilion untuk tahun depan.

Menurut beliau, keadaan itu menunjukkan pentadbiran pembangkang dianggotai Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Pas dan DAP amat tidak kompeten untuk menguruskan perbelanjaan negara.

“Emolumen RM5.1 bilion itu tidak termasuk kenaikan gaji kepada semua kakitangan kerajaan di kementerian dan agensi lain seperti anggota tentera, doktor, ahli farmasi, jururawat, bomba dan sebagainya.

“Berlaku defisit sekurang-kurangnya RM1.1 bilion dan jumlah ini sebenarnya lebih tinggi jika meliputi kenaikan gaji kumpulan yang disebut di atas," katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini hari ini.

Tee Yong menambah, jika pakatan pembangkang memerintah negara, mereka perlu mengurangkan 100,000 anggota perkhidmatan awam sebagai alternatif memenuhi bajet mengikut emolumen dianjurkan pada 2013, mengambil kira pelaksanaan gaji minimum sejagat.

Perkara itu, katanya, boleh berlaku kerana Ketua Biro Publisiti DAP, Tony Pua sebelum ini pernah mencadangkan pengurangan anggota perkhidmatan awam sebanyak 40 peratus.

Katanya, peruntukan mengurus bajet alternatif pembangkang juga meragukan kerana jumlah pembayaran pencen untuk 2012 dan 2013 adalah sama sedangkan terdapat pesara baharu setiap tahun dan berlaku pelarasan pencen untuk kenaikan gaji seperti contoh anggota polis.

Bahkan, kata beliau, bayaran pencen dan emolumen dinyatakan dalam bajet itu kurang daripada angka sebenar dan dilihat sama ada bagi melakar gambaran palsu defisit bajet yang kecil atau membuktikan pentadbiran tidak kompeten.

Dalam pada itu, menurutnya, pakatan pembangkang telah berjanji untuk menurunkan harga minyak apabila menjadi kerajaan, namun perkara tersebut tidak dimasukkan dalam bajet yang dibentangkan.

“Kesimpulannya, bajet pakatan pembangkang hanya satu janji yang tidak boleh ditunaikan setelah mengambil kira rekod mereka dalam menunaikan janji di negeri yang ditadbir mereka," katanya.

UTUSAN MALAYSIA

E-screening of officers

PUTRAJAYA: A FOOL PROOF integrity screening system for the civil service has been introduced to ensure only the deserving rise up the ranks.

This stringent screening process will not stop just at ministries, government departments and agencies.

It is understood that government-linked companies as well as Ministry of Finance (Incorporated) companies are also required to adopt the new electronic integrity screening system (eSTK) introduced by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) recently.

This will require their candidates for chairman, directors, chief executive officers and managing directors to go through a thorough eSTK screening for verification.

MACC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Abu Kassim Mohamed, when asked about the new screeningsystem, said such a mechanism augured well for the ongoing government transformation process.

The system, he said, would ensure that civil servants, including those slated for critical and strategic positions, were thoroughly vetted and were of high integrity.

The New Straits Times learnt that the measure would ensure that those holding such critical positions upheld the integrity of their companies.

There are some 500 GLCs and close to 200 MoF Inc companies.

“The new screening procedure by MACC will be made mandatory to enhance the integrity of these companies,” a source said.

This will also safeguard the government’s interests in these companies.

For the civil service, the eSTK process has been made a prerequisite for anyone considered for a promotion, to be acting in a position prior to assuming the post, optional retirement as well as for awarding of titles.

Civil servants who skip this mandatory process will have  approval for their promotion put on hold.

The screening process will also be for those slated for critical positions in companies, where the government has a stake.

This is to ensure that there is no misrepresentation of their capabilities, either in their academic qualifications, experience or expertise.

Any "red flags" raised via this screening process will be made known to those submitting the names.

 The eSTK screening, for applications submitted online, will take not more than 10 working days. MACC plans to reduce this to three days by 2014.

Last year alone, 141 applications submitted failed the screening done by MACC.

Until August this year, 99 applications got the "Not Recommended" stamp by MACC, based on existing records in its database.

NEW STRAITS TIMES

Transfer of PJ mayor frozen, says Khalid

SHAH ALAM: THE Selangor government has frozen the transfer of Petaling Jaya mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman pending discussions with the Public Service Department (PSD) and state executive councillors.

Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, who announced the freeze yesterday, said the state wanted to decide on the most suitable candidate for the post.

He said Roslan would continue to serve as mayor for the time being.

"Discussions have to be held with the PSD and state executive councillors so that we can select those who we think is suitable for the post," he said after launching Universiti Selangor's (Unisel) research colloquium 2012 here.

The PSD letter to the Petaling Jaya City Council dated Sept 27 stated that Roslan was transferred to the Selangor state secretariat as deputy state secretary I (development) replacing Datuk Noordin Sulaiman effective on Oct 1 (Monday).

Khalid said the transfer was legal but it could not be carried out at the moment, considering its timing.

"We will decided in one or two weeks... Usually transfers are done at the beginning of the year," he said.

"The PSD has every right (to transfer) but it also may have no right. It has a right to transfer (government) staff but it has no right on the position," he said.

In Petaling Jaya, Roslan said he had not received any new directive from the PSD and would continue to serve the Petaling Jaya City Council.

He acknowledged, however, that as a government servant, he was "transferable".

"It is up to the government to transfer me... I just take orders and I must serve the people," said Roslan, who has served the council for the past seven years as mayor, after launching the PJ City Food Bank at PJ8 yesterday.

PJ City councillor Derek Fernandez, meanwhile, insisted that Roslan was still the mayor as the state authority had not revoked his appointment.

He said the directive, decision or instruction by the PSD was illegal and ultra vires.

"The Local Government Act 1976 stated that the power to appoint the mayor is a statutory power vested exclusively in the state authority."

The PSD could not be contacted for comments.

NEW STRAITS TIMES

CUEPACS minta bonus sebulan dikecualikan cukai

PUTRAJAYA 1 Okt. - Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja Di Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (CUEPACS) hari ini memohon kerajaan mempertimbangkan supaya pembayaran bonus satu bulan gaji kepada penjawat awam dikecualikan cukai pendapatan.

Presidennya, Datuk Omar Osman berkata, langkah itu bagi membolehkan penjawat awam yang menerima bonus membuat simpanan, memenuhi keperluan semasa keluarga atau menyelesaikan hutang.

''Ini adalah sejarah dalam perkhidmatan awam apabila kerajaan bersetuju membayar bonus setengah bulan sebelum perayaan Aidilfitri lalu dan satu bulan lagi dibayar pada bulan Disember ini dan Januari depan.

''Kalau boleh bonus satu bulan itu, kami mohon dikecualikan cukai pendapatan dan ini tidak pernah dipohon tetapi kami harap dipertimbangkan oleh kerajaan," katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas hadir pada sesi pertemuan dan perbincangan di antara Gabungan Majlis Presiden dan Setiausaha Kesatuan Kakitangan Universiti Malaysia (Gakum) dengan Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi di sini hari ini.

Pemberian bonus satu bulan itu diumumkan oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak semasa membentangkan Bajet 2013 bertemakan Memakmur Negara, Mensejahtera Rakyat: Sebuah Janji Ditepati di Dewan Rakyat, Jumaat lalu.

Dalam pada itu, Omar berkata, CUEPACS turut memohon agar kerajaan mempertimbangkan penjawat awam yang memohon untuk membeli rumah mampu milik yang diumumkan dalam Bajet 2013 itu dikecualikan daripada membayar deposit.

Beliau menambah, kerajaan juga perlu memastikan hanya penjawat awam yang tidak pernah memiliki rumah dibenarkan membeli rumah mampu milik itu.

''Kita mahu skim pinjaman perumahan itu seperti mana yang diamalkan oleh Bahagian Pinjaman Perumahan Kementerian Kewangan selama ini.

''Walaupun mungkin kadar faedahnya bukan empat peratus tetapi apa yang kita bimbang apabila penjawat awam mahu beli rumah itu, mereka dikenakan bayaran deposit dan itu yang kita tidak mahu," katanya.

Sebanyak 123,000 unit rumah mampu milik yang dirancang pembinaannya tahun depan terletak di kawasan-kawasan strategik termasuk di Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam (Selangor), Johor Baharu (Johor), Seremban (Negeri Sembilan) dan Kuantan (Pahang).

UTUSAN MALAYSIA

Poser in transfer of PJ mayor

PETALING JAYA: Mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman has been transferred to the Selangor state secretariat as deputy state secretarty 1 with immediate effect.

Roslan said he had no problem with the transfer. He said he was issued a letter by the Public Service Department and his new position was not a promotion, but a lateral transfer.

"It is not like I don't want to go. But based on my visit to the Selangor state secretariat, my position is not vacant," he told the New Straits Times yesterday.

He said a source told him that Selangor state financial officer Datuk Mohd Arif Abdul Rahman had been promoted and would be serving in a ministry.

"His position will be taken up by Datuk Noordin Sulaiman, who is the present deputy state secretary 1 (development).

"However, neither Arif nor Noordin had vacated their positions yet. I am supposed to replace Noordin, who was supposed to replace Arif. In my letter of transfer by the Public Service Department, I was supposed to start work today (yesterday)."

As such, he said he would continue to work as the Petaling Jaya mayor.

"Yes, I will be still reporting as the PJ mayor tomorrow (today)."

He is expected to launch the PJ City Food Bank at PJ8 today.

PJ City councillor Derek Fernandez said the directive, decision or instruction by the PSD was illegal and ultra vires.

"The Local Government Act 1976 stated that the power to appoint the mayor is a statutory power vested exclusively by the state authority.

"Any attempt to transfer the mayor by the PSD is a direct usurpation of the act. Once the mayor takes his oath, he ceases to be a mere civil servant. The short notice also shows poor management and is disrespectful to the local authority.

"The mayor is well liked by the Petaling Jaya community and we want him to continue his service."

Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman says he will continue to report to work as the mayor of Petaling Jaya

NEW STRAITS TIMES