By : M. IZHAM HASHIM
Cuepacs President, Datuk
Omar Osman (picture) called for an immediate revision of all incentives and
allowances for Sabah and Sarawak.
" We believe a review
is needed to correct unfairness and irregularities to help civil servants cope with
rising house prices and cost of living," he told reporters during a press
conference at the KPKK Complex on Wednesday.
Datuk Omar said,
discrimination between different states cannot be allowed to continue and urged
a review of all types of allowances and incentives, including housing allowance
and regional incentive payments.
The review should be carried
out together with the Special Review Commission on Civil Service
Transformation.
He was responding to
the demand for the standardisation of
housing allowance for civil servants from Sabah and Sarawak working in the
Peninsular.
Omar said
he referred the matter to the Public Service Department for its
consideration and action.
Highlighting the disparity,
Omar pointed out that civil servants in the Peninsular, Sabah and Sarawak all
receive the RM800 per month , despite contrasting differences in cost of living
and house rental charges.
He said Cuepacs is
especially concerned with new civil servants who earn much less and have to pay
high rental charges that consumes a large portion of their income. (Insight
Sabah)
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