Government servant

Whenever there is an economic slowdown, the public will clamour for the reduction of the government's spending. pay cut for the government servants. However, government servants are not foc workers of the rakyat. People have to understand that. They deserve to be paid for their service. Similarly with other employees, they deserve their share of salary when they had put in a corresponding amount of work. If the public thinks that those who work in the government service is quasi volunteer, please think again. The public service absorbed officers into the service based on merit and they should be paid their rightful share. If the government wants to entice talents, be prepared to offer a good incentive/benefit package. If the public wants cheap service, they will get cheap labour. Those who are good will not stay in the service, for their salary does not go hand in hand with their performance. And the service will end up with those who are substandard (no offence) and please, by then, do not complaint of ineffciencies. For the price the public demand the government servants to be paid, only the nincompoop stays on.

Seriously... Please do not even think about reversing brain drain when this attitude remains.

The value for money principles should be etched in everbody's mind that cheap things are usually not good things. Cheap price, cheap service. That is the rule of the world. If the public wants pay cut for government servants during this economic downturn, the better ones will surely leave, (people are leaving anyways as the benefits as a government servants are but mere pittance) and those who have no choice but to stay will feel so exploited that this will bound to be reflected in their service.

Reservation: I do think that the people elected high rank executives msut have limited expense paid overseas trip and this privilege shall not be abused on behalf of the people's money. Will this perk enables them to work better? I am thinking in line of the General Manager of some MNC or very established firms. As all the rakyat wants is a value-for-money administration. High-cost good service, in turn good economy, people will not mind; High-cost bad service, in turn economic recessionand uncontrollable inflation etc, people will be angry.

Anyways, I think that the public service should be more transparent as the rakyat, who are akin to the shareholders of a company. They should be enlightened on how the company is operated and where their money go. And if the government has an AGM each year, and be made accountable to the policies they made, perhaps dissatisfaction of the people will not be as fiery as when they were left groping in the dark.

How ever, deep down inside, I wish we have a group of leaders who are able to lead, who are knowledegable, who have passion for the people, in the context of their welfare and not how much money they will put in their pockets. They should be a voracious reader. They should have a thirst for knowledge that is difficult to quench. They should go in time with the dynamic changes of the societies, and be ready to learn. Listen and learn.

I found that our current adminsitration lack knoledge and stance. irresponsible in coming out with policies and foolhardy in their implementation. Everything was done in an ad hoc manner. Running a country is not similar to building sand castles, a person or persons who lead a country should not see themselves in the shoes of a child who build sand castles. A child can build up an enormous castle one instance and ruin it the next instant; a country's leader can not, must not, should not. Unfortunately, that is what the leaders are doing now. Reversing policies in a blink of an eye, clearly reflects the manner these polices are come out with. Improperly thought out, with scant attention given to the consequence and its viability, ill prepared, seriously misinformed. The cabinet members play around with policy making, building their sand castles in the air in their nicely air-conditioned room and plush sofas, while drinking superb grade teh tarik. They fiddles around with decision making, adopting a test-drive approach to the implementation of policies they made and even have the guts to tell the nation that they took an excruciating 4 hours in coming out with a nation saving plan.

Wow.

I have a feeling that I am in a scene from 'Honey I Blow Up the Kid'. The big baby is so big that he creats havoc up there while poor us who can not do anything, but stay on the ground, watching in horror.

Somebody quick, give me the machine to deflate the baby (ego).