tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post995378986172001272..comments2024-03-14T19:25:05.015+08:00Comments on SAKMONGKOL AK47: The Leader and his civil serviceAriff Sabrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-40894189593460568112010-07-28T13:55:32.917+08:002010-07-28T13:55:32.917+08:00I don't know what is "Government transfor...I don't know what is "Government transformation strategy" is all about this day. Every time, I go <br />to Putrajaya for any kinds of services, I received lame excuses bosses are attending courses for promotion and meetings and so on, so approvals will be late. All officers are busy having meetings among themselve and attending courses in sharpening their skills and promotion. Here,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-22912519610876934232010-07-28T13:39:01.314+08:002010-07-28T13:39:01.314+08:00funny...if you ask any dept head why his/her dept ...funny...if you ask any dept head why his/her dept isn't working as efficiently as it should be...the answer 99% of the time is "not enough manpower"...<br /><br />and it's very true about dept heads being bodoh sombong...i was in govt dept for 14 years and i've never met bigger and stupider bastards in my life...<br /><br />and now i'm working in mnc. just me covering Greenbottlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316111272589161400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-31666666365442894712010-07-28T11:21:04.163+08:002010-07-28T11:21:04.163+08:00People have forgotten the point that Malaysia is n...People have forgotten the point that Malaysia is not a republic, by principal public servant is answerable to the Goverment which is answerable to Sultan/Agong. Its not true that public servant work for the people since the power of the PM is derived from Agong and the power of Agong is derived from their birth right (if not try to tell that to the Sultan). This is a feudalistic sytem that we Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-87126179985782354952010-07-28T09:40:31.814+08:002010-07-28T09:40:31.814+08:00Yeah, I do agree that not all public servants are ...Yeah, I do agree that not all public servants are the dumbos.<br /><br />For instance, the EPF department in Penang, if i were to appraise them fairly, the counter staffs worth my thumb-up and they deserve to be accorded a 4-star service if 6-stars is the highest accolade by my standard.<br /><br />They are so friendly. The youngish officer i met was an Indian lass i believe she could be a fresh Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-80896133771963990842010-07-28T09:15:31.042+08:002010-07-28T09:15:31.042+08:00Apart from oversized and inefficient public civil ...Apart from oversized and inefficient public civil service,similar problem also occurs in some of the GLICs and GLCs.<br /><br />Below are the real examples of common practices in SOME of the above mentioned organizations that <br />probably leads them to become what it is today & that will probably lead to its downfall in the long run:<br /><br />1. Management By Fear practices.<br /> <br />2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-15691064222164390342010-07-28T08:46:03.833+08:002010-07-28T08:46:03.833+08:00In Malaysia, our PM talked savvy about creating t...In Malaysia, our PM talked savvy about creating the ideal eco-systems in his bloated civil service. Poordah la. <br /><br />Just call any phone number of any gomen agency and see if you get frustrated by their efficiency. <br /><br />Our gomen is only good at sloganeering - ada form but without substance. <br /><br />Only the simpletons will believe what the gomen spins out which of late is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-25328262223958410642010-07-28T08:32:26.627+08:002010-07-28T08:32:26.627+08:00Please bear in mind, similar issues are happening ...Please bear in mind, similar issues are happening in GLICs and GLCs tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-33018787127310580812010-07-28T01:29:08.794+08:002010-07-28T01:29:08.794+08:00Dato
amongst all the condemnation of the civil s...Dato <br /><br />amongst all the condemnation of the civil service, i would like to commend the Malaysian High Comm in UK. They are absolutely professional in their work. I was just there few weeks ago to renew my passport and the 2 visits in the same day do not total more than 30 minutes tops. that is efficiency. the front desk was manned by a very friendly, helpful and courteous man too. there&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-22409749596901990102010-07-27T23:29:44.690+08:002010-07-27T23:29:44.690+08:00Again..its the NEP & all Malays are stupid &am...Again..its the NEP & all Malays are stupid & incapable of doing anything right.<br /><br />How many % of Malays are in the Civil Service?How many of them are the Science Students?And,aren't their career shaped by the political masters?To survive,you need to be as dumb as the boss.<br /><br />I have often heard Ministers praising young officers & saying that they got good potentialAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-22642808346573170702010-07-27T23:11:47.508+08:002010-07-27T23:11:47.508+08:003
That is not all. There will be fiefdom holders ...3<br /><br />That is not all. There will be fiefdom holders within the ziggurats of the civil service who will not think twice to throw their spanners now and then into the works just to try and make the system work for their own agendas or those of their second purse-string holders, or to coerce the suffering rakyat to take their side-line services to bypass the artificial delays. All this can wallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580252352785040456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-24849289624703236202010-07-27T23:11:01.657+08:002010-07-27T23:11:01.657+08:002
That is why there is a communication and implem...2<br /><br />That is why there is a communication and implementation lacuna in the government today. First, it had to call upon specialists from outside to help craft a new vision, mission and plan. Then it had to understand them itself without appearing to do so, then interpret them to fit its own philosophy of service, and after that sell it to those below who are supposed to implement them to wallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580252352785040456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-23348598212748453752010-07-27T23:03:06.813+08:002010-07-27T23:03:06.813+08:00"donplaypuks, you are right. The operating bu..."donplaypuks, you are right. The operating budget of the Executive Office of the President of the US — our equivalent of the PMD — is US $394 million, or RM1,263,000,000.<br /><br />The staff is 1,888 people. That includes not just the President’s own office but also the US Trade Representative’s office, the National Security Council, the Office of Management and Budget, and so on. John Donplaypuks®https://www.blogger.com/profile/14885751307558636916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-53746308757383013682010-07-27T23:02:08.989+08:002010-07-27T23:02:08.989+08:00The blogger is right about the need for a better s...The blogger is right about the need for a better system, for what had shaped the country at the beginning is different from what needs to shape it now that the country has become more established.<br /><br />When the country started, it was easy to answer what was needed to be done. Just build and expand three-hundred and sixty degrees. As the economy grew because the whole region was wallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580252352785040456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-16374671752975474842010-07-27T22:50:26.161+08:002010-07-27T22:50:26.161+08:00Dato,
I can't agree more to what you say espe...Dato,<br /><br />I can't agree more to what you say especially on the bloated civil service.<br /><br />I wish you are the Head of Civil Service. I am very sure you can lean, trim and shake them up so that they know what are their roles and responsibilities.<br /><br />Since Najib used to be your boss, please please throw this idea at him. <br /><br />Your drive, ideas, intellect are what Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-37821168894444117862010-07-27T22:41:43.394+08:002010-07-27T22:41:43.394+08:00Dato,
Singpopore's fate was decided by 250 el...Dato,<br /><br />Singpopore's fate was decided by 250 elitist nationalists with LKY as the supremo.<br /><br />Our supposedly great Nation till date is still decided with its bad fate by the 2500 morons in Umno!<br /><br />What do you expect from the chief morons they are not assuredly xenopbobic but Sinopbobic they are so much afraid of seeing from eyes to eyes with the Chinese so long as a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-31255150424587363522010-07-27T21:25:06.348+08:002010-07-27T21:25:06.348+08:00dato, sorry to bother you; can you please write ab...dato, sorry to bother you; can you please write about the abandoned housing problem where innocent buyers are left high and dry by the crooked developers. my daughter is a victim of talam and it is sickening to have to pay monthly installments for the next 20 years for nothing. part of the blame falls on the government which sides the developers over the voiceless buyers. the sponsors list of thepeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-45696580798495946562010-07-27T20:18:08.772+08:002010-07-27T20:18:08.772+08:00We are just waiting for miracles to happen.We are just waiting for miracles to happen.orang kampungnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-19845710019769994672010-07-27T18:43:40.815+08:002010-07-27T18:43:40.815+08:00Dato' Sak,
The policy of "Operasi Isi Pe...Dato' Sak,<br /><br />The policy of "Operasi Isi Penuh"<br />in the 1970'by Tun Hussien Onn is to assist more Malay Civil Servant into the Government was well received and understood. But then most of the civil was educated in English medium and the leadership was efficient and openness existed.<br />What happened now is that, most civil servant can't even communicate well Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-83437138395159447712010-07-27T17:40:23.128+08:002010-07-27T17:40:23.128+08:00Datuk Sak, I had no choice but to feature this art...Datuk Sak, I had no choice but to feature this article in my inaugural TUESDAYS' MUST READ. Thank you for putting so much into your writings.zorrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541853781206395661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-79636874142452925342010-07-27T17:37:55.641+08:002010-07-27T17:37:55.641+08:00Assalamualaikum Dato'.
Saya bersetuju benar d...Assalamualaikum Dato'.<br /><br />Saya bersetuju benar dgn apa yg Dato kata ttg civil service di negara kita. Ianya sudah menjadi suatu birokrasi yg terlalu besar dan membebankan negara. Negara kita kini umpama Dinasti Ching di zaman Empress Dowager yg mempunyai terlalu ramai pegawai, tapi semuanya incompetent, corrupted and useless. <br />Baru-baru ini KSN keluar pekeliling kata semua Cikgu Ngahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-20683404976884913032010-07-27T16:59:17.598+08:002010-07-27T16:59:17.598+08:00Dato' Sak,
Well said! We all knew all along th...Dato' Sak,<br />Well said! We all knew all along these problems existed for the past BN yrs since Dr M's era. Todate none of the ruling BN leaders willing to step forward to hit the nail in the coffin. In our opinion Najib knew pretty well though but dare not drastically cut the 1.2 million civil servants by half due to the fact that they are BN's vote bank. A simple calculation Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-74419930105666592032010-07-27T16:51:13.897+08:002010-07-27T16:51:13.897+08:00Assalamualaikum Dato Sak,
You hear of this prover...Assalamualaikum Dato Sak,<br /><br />You hear of this proverb that fish is always rotten from the head, no?<br /><br />A country, like a tree, must produce a fruit that is sweet and tasty. The seed is good - tercampak ke bumi menjadi bukit, tercampak ke laut menjadi pulau.<br /><br />But if the system that produce the tree is not functioning as it should (ie letting unqualified nincompoop from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-78732726473840068052010-07-27T15:45:52.316+08:002010-07-27T15:45:52.316+08:00umno menuju kehancuran...
http://www.malaysia-tod...umno menuju kehancuran...<br /><br />http://www.malaysia-today.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33357:is-umno-in-self-implosion-mood&catid=18:letterssurat&Itemid=100129schenker78https://www.blogger.com/profile/04558745028720443777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-62627106312943534882010-07-27T15:19:43.644+08:002010-07-27T15:19:43.644+08:00The bright kids are streamed into science classes,...The bright kids are streamed into science classes, the less bright kids streamed into arts classes. <br /><br />The bright kids eventually graduate as doctors, engineers, rocket scientists, and even economists. <br /><br />The not-so-bright and the "refuse-to-be-bright" kids,"prefer-to-remain dumb" kids eventually morphed into civil servants like Tan Sri Sidek (head of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-81650062076163978822010-07-27T13:45:05.422+08:002010-07-27T13:45:05.422+08:00Dato,
You should know consciously why there is 1....Dato,<br /><br />You should know consciously why there is 1.2m civil servants. If it is reduced, the FD will also reduce like in Putrajaya where 95% of the electorate are civil servants.<br />If the nos. are reduced, who do you think will be out of a job ? You will have Ibrahim Ali shouting Shit,Shit Shit.<br />Like it or not, it is a problem by the bumis that can only be solved by the bumis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com