Civil Service

Government has made salary adjustments since 1992
By MERGAWATI ZULFAKAR
The Star

PUTRAJAYA: No salary revision for now.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the Government was not prepared to consider the request for a salary revision for those in the support categories of the civil service and police personnel.

He said that if a salary review were done, it would involve the 1.1 million civil servants and 85,000 members of the police force, and this would cost an additional RM6bil.

“We have discussed their demands. At the moment, the Government is not ready to spend so much money. We need to take into account the government's finances because we need to spend money on development,” said Abdullah.

“The people need development. We cannot just say the Government does not have the money because it has gone to pay salaries,” he told a press conference after chairing a Cabinet committee meeting on posts and salaries of the civil service here yesterday. Also present was Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting.

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