On Labour Day, PM Anwar announces plan to give civil servants ‘record’ increment
Malay Mail
PUTRAJAYA, May 1 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced today the government’s plan to raise the salaries of civil servants “to record level” next year, a move that is expected to cost taxpayers RM10 billion more on top of existing spending for emolument.
The salary review will be the first in 12 years, which Anwar announced at the 2024 Labour Day celebration with mostly civil servants and representatives from government-linked firms here.
The prime minister described the increments as “long overdue” to pre-empt criticism. The Malaysian government has long been criticised for its bloated civil service, whose emolument often rack up more than a third of federal budgets.
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