Malaysian Civil Servants Urged to Further Improve Work Performance

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 (Bernama) -- Civil servants have been urged to further improve their performance to provide even better service to the people, said Chief Secretary to the Government, Dr Ali Hamsa. He said civil servants are a group responsible for implementing the government's and policies programmes for the betterment of the people. "If we put ourselves as the end-user, obviously we will implement what has been entrusted by the government with even more commitment. "Let us give even greater priority to the people so that they can reap the full benefits of the policies and programmes," he said when opening a Public Management Diploma course at the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) near here Thursday. Some 299 participants are attending the six-month course from June 11 to December 21. Meanwhile, he called on all administrative officers go to the ground to boost the performance of their subordinates. "I am asking all departmental directors and administrative officers to go to the ground to assess their respective levels of work apart from considering the activity as an additional motivation to the officers themselves," he said. Meanwhile, MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association) President Dr Chua Soi Lek urged Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC) graduates to join the civil service following the recognition of a total 74 Diplomas and Advance certificates from the college by the government. He said the recognition of TARC certificates meant that its graduates since the 1990s would obtain the Public Services Department’s recognition and this would pave the way for them to join the civil service. "I would like to express my gratitude to Prime Minister Najib Razak and Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin for their assistance to recognise the college’s certificates," he said in a statement here on Thursday. During a visit to TARC on Wednesday, Najib announced that the Government would retrospectively recognise the diplomas and higher diplomas of more than 70 programmes by TARC with immediate effect. TARC, founded by MCA in 1969, is currently offering diploma and higher diploma courses. -- BERNAMA