SANDAKAN: A study on the static salary of civil servants has been presented to the government for consideration by the Cabinet Salary Committee.
Chief Secretary to the Government Datuk Seri Dr Ali Hamsa said the study carried out jointly by his office and the Public Service Department was on problems in the civil service.
He said an evaluation on civil servants who were at maximum salary found they had scored between 80 and 85 points and above.
"It shows that civil servants carried out their duties well, despite reaching their maximum pay," he said in an interview programme with Radio Sandakan FM aired today.
The interview recorded via telephone was broadcasted at 9.50am.
According to Ali, the problem of static salary among government employees needed to be addressed, in line with current developments which pushed the cost of living and inflation in the country up, at a rate of one and a half per cent.
He said the proposal paper would also cover suggestions for a two to five per cent increase for civil servants who had reached their maximum salary.
According to him, the matter was being discussed at Cabinet level and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak would make an announcement soon.
He was confident the government would take note of the matter after approving a two per cent annual increment from this year for retired civil servants.
Ali said the prime minister was expected to announce the good news at his address to civil servants on March 1l in Putrajaya.
"We shall wait for the prime minister's announcement, as well as other incentives we have been waiting for," he added.
Ali said, another long-standing issue was on the 86 types of civil service allowance such as housing allowance, which had not been reviewed for a long time.
"We are looking at it and it may take more time as it has financial implications."
At the end of the programme, he urged civil servants nationwide to continue improving their service to the people and drive the country towards developed nation status by 2020.
Ali hoped civil servants would be more creative and innovative in serving the people. Bernama
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