Make your judgement

It is for the public to judge whether the performance of civil servants will rise in tandem with their pay increase, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan said.

He said the public would be able to e-mail their judgment directly to him at sidek@pmo.gov.my and he promised to read them.

“I may not reply to each one. I will however forward the e-mails to my officers and the related ministries and departments for follow-up action,”

He said the public, as the main customers of the Government’s services, should exercise their rights in demanding better work quality and more productivity from civil servants.

“In fact, we have been improving all the time and implementing various measures to enhance our performance and delivery system,” he said.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Pay rise = ?????

Big Pay Rise

Up 7.5% to 35 %: Civil servants nationwide cheered as the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced a pay increase and the doubling of cost of living allowances. Abdullah said the pay rise could be given because of the economic growth of 5.6%, the effect of fuel prices, positive trends of Bursa Malaysia and improved tax collection.

> Salaries to increase between 7.5% for senior management and 35% for category two support staff;

> 100% increase in cost of living allowance (Cola);

> Police and army personnel to get additional 20% on the increase; and

> Pensions will be adjusted accordingly.

On a personal note its already time for an adjustment, but at the above rate will productivity increase? Improved service? I doubt it. It remains to be seen whether things will change. No offence to government servants but i dont see much of them doing anything. I remember the PM saying after the last election, the government works for the people not the other way round. I still dont see that.

The thing that is lingering in my head rite now is when can i expect to see a increase in oil prices? I have feeling it might be after the elections. make the government servants happy vote for the ruling party and increase prices later on....hope i'm wrong.

Back to the old routine

I'm back from my trip. All business and just one day for my self. Reached Narita in the morning and straight headed to the office. The Japanese are a bunch of workaholics is all i can say. I've never sat through a meeting for 5 hours straight. I didn't even get a chance to go the the little boys room. Night time was entertainment time, and they really do know how to entertain. Anyway they still couldn't grasp the reason why we muslim's cant eat pork..it seems they just love to the damn thing. for 3 days all i ate was just sushi..sushi and more sushi. Dont get me wrong i love sushi, but too much of it made my taste buds feel kind of different.




On Friday, after lunch (sorry no Friday prayers), one of the managers kind of felt sorry for me and offered to show me some tourist attractions. Since he had only 2 and a half hours plus i was quite "blur" on where to go, I told him to take me anywhere just so i can buy some souvenirs so i can take home. So he took me to this place called Asakusa Temple in Tokyo, the place was full of tourist. Back home, I dealt a lot with this particular manager. since he didn't get the chance to get me a gift, he asked me to choose anything but more than 3,000 Yen?? Being the nice person I am , i declined but eventually gave in. At least jimat sikit duit.

Saturday was all to myself.......so many things but yet so little time

Off to the land of the rising sun

I'm off to Tokyo...unfortunately for work. Heard golf stuff are quite cheap over there.