Government servants deserve pay rise, says Pak Lah

All government servants shuold be get a pay rise since they need to wait until 15 years. The increment of salary should be review every two or three years. The gap between those who earn more and those who earn less is about 19.5 times according to DAP's general secrectary Lim Guan Eng. Imagine that few hundred salary how to survive at KL for those already have family? If single, i think it should be OK.


Tuesday May 8, 2007 - The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: All government servants will get a pay rise “because they deserve it,” said Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

“That’s how we all feel about it,” said the Prime Minister.

He added that it had been a long time since government servants had received a pay increase.

“Everyone will get the pay rise – only the quantum will differ. We want to narrow the gap between those who earn more and those who earn less.

“Right now, the gap is too wide and this might not be a good thing because the higher income group can afford more than the lower income group and this could be a problem,” he told reporters after opening the World Halal Forum 2007 here yesterday.

On how much the pay rise for the 1.2 million civil servants would cost the Government, Abdullah said the numbers would be known only after a decision had been made on the size of the pay package