Perak to control size of civil service
Published on: Wednesday, April 24, 2019
By: Bernama
IPOH: The state government will control the size of the civil service in phases beginning from 2019 until 2021, as proposed by the Federal government.
Perak Health, Consumer Affairs, National Integration and Human Resource Committee chairman, A. Sivanesan said in implementing the downsizing policy the 3,390 civil servants currently serving in the state would not be affected.
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He said, of the total, 5,643 were serving the state departments, 1,705 in the district and land administration, 4,683 with the local authorities and 1,359 in the state statutory bodies.
Sivanesan, who is also Sungkai assemblyman, said downsizing the civil service would be through the abolition of unnecessary positions, temporary scheme positions and positions which have been left vacant for over two years.
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