KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Okt (Bernama) -- Hasrat kerajaan untuk memperluas program MyBrain 15 kepada penjawat awam dan kakitangan badan berkanun yang ingin melanjutkan pengajian secara separuh masa di institusi pengajian tinggi tempatan dilihat membantu mempertingkat produktiviti mereka dalam perkhidmatan.
Presiden Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (Cuepacs) Azih Muda berkata cadangan itu adalah langkah terbaik kerajaan kerana dapat memberi peluang kepada penjawat awam untuk sentiasa menaik taraf diri mereka.
"Manakala had kelayakan minimum pinjaman perumahan dinaikkan daripada RM80,000 kepada RM120,000 dan had kelayakan maksimum yang dinaikkan daripada RM450,000 kepada RM600,000 menunjukkan kerajaan masih prihatin terhadap penjawat awam walaupun elaun perumahan tidak dinaikkan," katanya ketika dihubungi Bernama hari ini.
Mengulas pemberian bonus setengah bulan gaji atau bayaran minimum RM500 kepada penjawat awam, Azih berkata Cuepacs agak terkilan kerana harapan untuk mendapat bonus dua bulan tidak tercapai dan pemberian bonus setengah bulan gaji tidak memadai bagi menampung kos sara hidup yang semakin meningkat.
Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mengumumkan pemberian bonus setengah bulan gaji atau bayaran minimum RM500 dan meningkatkan had kelayakan minimum dan maksimum pinjaman perumahan serta memansuhkan wang proses pinjaman perumahan dalam Bajet 2015 yang dibentangkan di Dewan Rakyat hari ini.
Sementara itu, Pengarah Eksekutif Persekutuan Majikan Malaysia Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan berkata pengumuman kerajaan untuk mengkaji semula Akta Kerja 1955 dan Akta Perburuhan berkaitan adalah sesuai dengan peredaran masa agar majikan mempunyai fleksibiliti dalam pengurusan sumber manusia.
"Ini merupakan saranan MEF sejak dahulu kerana akta yang sedia ada lebih memenuhi keperluan pada era 50-an dan 60-an yang menjurus kepada bidang pertanian dan perladangan.
Sekarang negara kita berpaksikan ekonomi, perkhidmatan dan berinovatifkan modal insan. Jadi penggubalan akta ini pasti dapat meningkatkan mutu pekerja dan majikan sekali gus memastikan kebajikan pekerja terbela," katanya.
Beliau juga berkata pengumuman berkaitan mengoptimumkan kapasiti latihan syif berganda bagi program sepenuh masa adalah cadangan terbaik kerajaan untuk melahirkan pekerja mahir menjelang 2020 seperti disasar.
Dalam Bajet 2015, kerajaan turut mengumumkan akan mempertingkat program di institusi latihan kemahiran Jabatan Tenaga Kerja (JTK) yang membabitkan lepasan Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia, graduan universiti dan kolej serta pekerja industri, terutama pekerja separuh mahir.
Presiden Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia (MTUC) Khalid Atan pula menyifatkan Bajet 2015 sebagai menjaga dan mengambil kira kebajikan semua golongan masyarakat, termasuk pekerja.
Beliau berkata Sistem Insurans Pekerjaan yang diperkenal adalah tindakan wajar kerajaan bagi membantu golongan pekerja terutama melalui pemberian bantuan saraan sementara serta latihan semula dan mempertingkat kemahiran.
Khalid bagaimanapun meminta kerajaan memberi penjelasan lanjut berkaitan penggubalan Akta Kerja 1955 dan berharap ia memberi impak positif kepada pekerja.
Bagi membantu golongan pekerja yang diberhentikan, Najib turut mengumumkan Sistem Insurans Pekerjaan dan peluang latihan semula dalam Bajet 2015.
Bernama Online
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Program Ukhwah Warga (Majlis Bacaan Yassin) [9 Oktober 2014]
Jawatankuasa Surau & Kerohanian INTURA telah menganjurkan
Majlis Bacaan Yassin yang telah diadakan pada 9 Oktober 2014 bertempat di Surau
Al-Falah, INTAN Wilayah Utara.
Program keagamaan ini antara lain bertujuan untuk mengeratkan
hubungan sesama warga selain memberi kesedaran kepada warga tentang perlunya majlis
sebegini selain daripada memfokuskan kepada aktiviti harian di pejabat.
Nabi Muhammad
S.A,W. pernah bersabda, “Sesungguhnya
bagi tiap-tiap sesuatu itu ada jantung (hati), dan jantung (hati) Al-Quran
ialah Surah Yassin. Dan sesiapa yang membaca Surah Yassin, akan dituliskan
baginya dengan membacanya pahala seumpama membaca Al-Quran sepuluh kali.”
(Riwayat At-Tirmizi dan Ad-Darimi)
(Riwayat At-Tirmizi dan Ad-Darimi)
YBrs. Dr. Zurina
bt. Abdul Hamid, Pengarah Wilayah Utara turut sama memeriahkan program ini
bersama warga.
Penjawat Awam Mungkin Terima Penambahbaikan Dalam Bajet 2015 - KSN
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 Okt (Bernama) -- Penjawat awam berkemungkinan menerima beberapa penambahbaikan dalam Bajet 2015, kata Ketua Setiausaha Negara Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa.
"Saya rasa mungkin ada sedikit penambahbaikan namun apa-apa penambahbaikan yang dilakukan adalah berdasarkan kemampuan kerajaan.
"Apa yang penting, kita perlu mengambil tindakan untuk mengurangkan defisit kerajaan seperti yang disasarkan setiap tahun sehingga 2020," katanya ketika ditemui pemberita selepas merasmikan Persidangan Digital Kebangsaan (NDC) 2014 di sini Khamis.
Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Kewangan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak akan membentangkan Bajet 2015 di Parlimen pada Jumaat.
Mengenai NDC 2014, Ali berkata ia adalah platform menambah baik inisiatif teknologi sedia ada, selain melihat trend teknologi komunikasi maklumat yang boleh diadaptasi dalam memperkasa penyampaian perkhidmatan awam.
Beliau berkata sumber manusia dan penggunaan teknologi terkini dilihat mampu mempertingkat kualiti penyampaian dalam perkhidmatan awam.
Katanya kedua-dua elemen itu adalah antara pendekatan yang boleh digunakan bagi memastikan penyampaian sektor perkhidmatan awam ditambah baik setiap tahun.
Bertemakan '#InnovateMyGov', persidangan kali kelima sejak 2009 itu antara lain memberi fokus kepada inovasi berterusan ke arah penyampaian perkhidmatan kerajaan yang berkesan melalui perkongsian maklumat dan kerjasama pintar antara agensi awam dan swasta.
Bernama Online
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Program Ukhwah Warga (Majlis Ibadah Korban INTURA) [7 Oktober 2014]
Jawatankuasa Surau & Kerohanian INTURA telah menganjurkan
Majlis Ibadah Korban INTURA yang melibatkan kesemua warga INTURA pada 7 Oktober
2014 sempena sambutan Aidiladha.
Antara pengisian program ini adalah gotong royong dalam
melaksanakan sembelihan dan melapah daging korban. Kesemua warga turut
sama membantu dalam memastikan majlis
ini dapat dilaksanakan dengan jayanya. Dua ekor lembu telah dikorbankan bagi
majlis pada tahun ini.
Majlis Ibadah Korban ini merupakan salah satu projek tahunan
yang dikelolakan oleh Jawatankuasa Surau & Kerohanian INTURA yang antara lain bertujuan untuk memberi peluang kepada warga INTURA
untuk beramal dan bersedekah bagi melaksanakan perintah Allah semata-mata dan
melahirkan rasa bersyukur kehadarat Allah SWT di atas rezeki, nikmat dan
kurnianya serta meningkat dan mengukuhkan lagi keimanan dengan melaksanakan
aktiviti-aktiviti berkebajikan. Ianya juga dapat memeriahkan hari-hari
kebesaran Islam serta untuk meningkatkan bersefahaman dan kerjasama di antara
pegawai dan kakitangan melalui kerja-kerja bergotong royong.
Pihak pengurusan dan Jawatankuasa Surau & Kerohanian
INTURAm erakamkan setinggi penghargaan kepada warga INTURA yang sama-sama turut
banyak mnembantu dalam memastikan aktiviti ini dapat berjalan dengan lancar.
Bekerjasama dalam satu pasukan
Proses melapah daging korban
Mengagihkan daging korban
Pembahagian tugas warga INTURA
Proses pembersihan perut lembu
YBrs. Dr. Zurina, Pengarah INTURA turut sama memeriahkan majlis
Budget 2015: Are civil service bonuses justified?
BY SHERIDAN MAHAVERA AND MOHD FARHAN DARWIS
In interviews with an economist, civil servants and those who have left the service, The Malaysian Insider discovered that the more important question was not how much, but which areas to trim, and also whether people will be willing to bear the consequences of a leaner public sector.
More on operations, less on development
“Less and less of our public spending is going toward new infrastructure, capacity and technology,” Lee said. For the past three years, the amount of money spent on paying salaries of civil servants equalled and then surpassed the amount spent on development, according to documents from the Finance Ministry.In 2012, RM52 billion was spent on salaries and wages for civil service servants or “emolument”, versus RM51.2 billion spent on development. Emoluments made up 22% of the budget.In 2013, RM58.6 billion, or 23% of the budget, was spent on emoluments but only RM49.7 billion was spent on development.
The amount for emoluments jumped to RM63.6 billion in 2014, or 24% of the budget. The money for development has shrunk to RM46.5 billion.
The growth in emoluments seems to coincide with a growth in the number of public sector employees.According to UM's Lee, from 2004 to 2012, employment in federal government per total employment grew slightly, from 9.86% to 10.04%.“Over this period, my estimates show that federal government employment grew by 3.31% per year, while private sector employment grew by 3.05% per year.”
Public or privatised service?
So has the civil service machinery grown too big?
Stall owner Zainal Ahmad of Shah Alam thinks so. In a recent trip to a government agency counter, the businessman was left fuming when he was made to wait.“There were five counter workers that I saw but they were all glued to a television screen in their office. No one was manning the counter. I had to call out to them to get service. I was really upset.“Is this what the public pays for? For civil servants to watch television?” Many Malaysians probably have similar stories to tell.Civil servants themselves will argue that the machinery’s size is necessary for Malaysia’s population.
“There are about 28 million Malaysians. Not including foreign workers who total about two million,” said one Selangor-based officer. (The Statistics Department has said there are now 30 million Malaysians.)“Someone needs to look after security, defend our borders, help the administration run the country and collect taxes.”In fact, said Cuepacs, the umbrella group that represents civil servants, the majority of its members are those who provide the services that society has come to depend on.Teachers form the largest group of civil servants, said Cuepacs president Azih Muda. They number about 440,000, followed by nurses at 270,000 and policemen, 110,000.
“If you start cutting these services, then you’ll have to turn to the private sector to get them,” said Azih.“That means paying more for private schools, hospitals and security guards.”Former civil servant Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam feels trimming the public sector and going private for some services may not necessarily be a bad thing, especially when it comes to education.
As it is, Malaysian public schools and universities are already producing "sub-standard graduates" and yet education gets about 20% of the national budget every year, said Ramon.“Malaysians do not appear to be getting value for money in education,” he said.“Why not allow for more private schools to be set up? You can maintain public schools for the poor but with fewer public schools, you cut down the amount of money spent for education in the budget.”
Honest assessment needed
But even by cutting down on public education spending, the trajectory of Malaysia’s economy would still need a big enough public service.UM’s Lee argues that Malaysia will require a sizable public sector since it wants to become a service-based economy.It has also been argued that Malaysia's civil service is not bloated, and it is only perceived as such because of the way civil servants are defined here, according to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Idris Jala.
The Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) chief, writing in The Star in January, said Malaysia lists all teachers, doctors and their supporting staff, as well as armed forces members, as civil servants. Developed countries like the United Kingdom and Australia, do not.Ultimately, what is needed is an honest assessment of civil service roles.“Malaysia's recent track record of employment growth needs to be critically examined, and the detailed data made publicly available, alongside an uncompromising appraisal of government efficiency,” Lee said.
Such a report card is perhaps the key to creating a service good enough to serve Malaysia’s needs without being a drag on public finances.As the prime minister, who is finance minister, unveils the budget on October 10, what kinds of assurances he will give to increase government efficiency will determine whether he will get more boos than cheers when he announces the civil service bonus.
Published: 6 October 2014
The bonus for civil servants announced in the annual Malaysian federal budget no doubt brings cheer to the public sector, but raises questions on its validity and sustainability amid concerns that the government machinery needs to be trimmed.
If bonuses are a reward for good work, has the civil service on the whole done a good enough job? Could not more public funds be diverted to infrastructure, technology and research? And is the
If bonuses are a reward for good work, has the civil service on the whole done a good enough job? Could not more public funds be diverted to infrastructure, technology and research? And is the
Malaysian civil service of 1.5 million workers, really as bloated as it is perceived to be?
In interviews with an economist, civil servants and those who have left the service, The Malaysian Insider discovered that the more important question was not how much, but which areas to trim, and also whether people will be willing to bear the consequences of a leaner public sector.
More on operations, less on development
The numbers say it all. More and more public funds are going to the business of maintaining government machinery and services than to development.According to Universiti Malaya (UM) economist Dr Lee Hwok Aun, Malaysia spent 33% of its budget on development just over a decade ago. Today, it is spending 20% on development. It was 33% between 1998 and 2001 before dropping to 26% in 2002-2008, to 23% (2009-2011) and finally to 20% (2012-2014).
“Less and less of our public spending is going toward new infrastructure, capacity and technology,” Lee said. For the past three years, the amount of money spent on paying salaries of civil servants equalled and then surpassed the amount spent on development, according to documents from the Finance Ministry.In 2012, RM52 billion was spent on salaries and wages for civil service servants or “emolument”, versus RM51.2 billion spent on development. Emoluments made up 22% of the budget.In 2013, RM58.6 billion, or 23% of the budget, was spent on emoluments but only RM49.7 billion was spent on development.
The amount for emoluments jumped to RM63.6 billion in 2014, or 24% of the budget. The money for development has shrunk to RM46.5 billion.
The growth in emoluments seems to coincide with a growth in the number of public sector employees.According to UM's Lee, from 2004 to 2012, employment in federal government per total employment grew slightly, from 9.86% to 10.04%.“Over this period, my estimates show that federal government employment grew by 3.31% per year, while private sector employment grew by 3.05% per year.”
Public or privatised service?
So has the civil service machinery grown too big?
Stall owner Zainal Ahmad of Shah Alam thinks so. In a recent trip to a government agency counter, the businessman was left fuming when he was made to wait.“There were five counter workers that I saw but they were all glued to a television screen in their office. No one was manning the counter. I had to call out to them to get service. I was really upset.“Is this what the public pays for? For civil servants to watch television?” Many Malaysians probably have similar stories to tell.Civil servants themselves will argue that the machinery’s size is necessary for Malaysia’s population.
“There are about 28 million Malaysians. Not including foreign workers who total about two million,” said one Selangor-based officer. (The Statistics Department has said there are now 30 million Malaysians.)“Someone needs to look after security, defend our borders, help the administration run the country and collect taxes.”In fact, said Cuepacs, the umbrella group that represents civil servants, the majority of its members are those who provide the services that society has come to depend on.Teachers form the largest group of civil servants, said Cuepacs president Azih Muda. They number about 440,000, followed by nurses at 270,000 and policemen, 110,000.
“If you start cutting these services, then you’ll have to turn to the private sector to get them,” said Azih.“That means paying more for private schools, hospitals and security guards.”Former civil servant Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam feels trimming the public sector and going private for some services may not necessarily be a bad thing, especially when it comes to education.
As it is, Malaysian public schools and universities are already producing "sub-standard graduates" and yet education gets about 20% of the national budget every year, said Ramon.“Malaysians do not appear to be getting value for money in education,” he said.“Why not allow for more private schools to be set up? You can maintain public schools for the poor but with fewer public schools, you cut down the amount of money spent for education in the budget.”
Honest assessment needed
But even by cutting down on public education spending, the trajectory of Malaysia’s economy would still need a big enough public service.UM’s Lee argues that Malaysia will require a sizable public sector since it wants to become a service-based economy.It has also been argued that Malaysia's civil service is not bloated, and it is only perceived as such because of the way civil servants are defined here, according to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Idris Jala.
The Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) chief, writing in The Star in January, said Malaysia lists all teachers, doctors and their supporting staff, as well as armed forces members, as civil servants. Developed countries like the United Kingdom and Australia, do not.Ultimately, what is needed is an honest assessment of civil service roles.“Malaysia's recent track record of employment growth needs to be critically examined, and the detailed data made publicly available, alongside an uncompromising appraisal of government efficiency,” Lee said.
Such a report card is perhaps the key to creating a service good enough to serve Malaysia’s needs without being a drag on public finances.As the prime minister, who is finance minister, unveils the budget on October 10, what kinds of assurances he will give to increase government efficiency will determine whether he will get more boos than cheers when he announces the civil service bonus.
themalaysianinsider.com
Monday, October 6, 2014
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