Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Earlier, we saw some very suspicious statistics by Deputy Minister Murugiah which looked like an insult to our intelligence.
Today, we read that there were only 2,595 Chinese and 2,341 Indian of the 50,756 successful applicants for government post last year. That’s 5.11% Chinese and 4.61% Indians. Definitely can’t achieve a balanced ratio in next 30 to 75 years.
If the reason given is that not many applicants, then one would logically ask: what steps were taken to generate more awareness. I seriously doubt that the issue of low application only occurred in 2009. In fact, post 2007 rally, there seems to be an increase of Indian staff, even though its just based on my observation.
There must be some innovative measures to attract more (quality) applicants. Maybe can rope in NGOs, temples, have booths at areas with high population of non-Malays, advertise in vernacular paper/radio/TV channels, promote at IPTA/IPTS and so on.
The civil service this year will take in more non-Malays, who make up only 5% of the more than 50,700 applicants for government jobs last year.
There would be more briefings and talks to prepare them for the public sector, Public Service Commission (PSC) chairman Tan Sri Jamaluddin Ahmad Damanhuri said, adding there will be more interview centres nationwide to draw more non-Malays for jobs in the civil service.
“Our staff will be at the interview centres to explain the jobs available for certain levels of qualifications,” he said at the end of a four-day public services conference here yesterday.
Jamaluddin said the lack of non-Malay staff in the public service was mostly due to the fact that many were unaware of the jobs available as well as qualification requirements.
He added that more than 1.5 million people applied for jobs last year and only 50,756 candidates were selected.
Among them were 2,595 Chinese, 2,341 Indians and the rest Malays and other races.
Meanwhile, Public Service Department director-general Datuk Seri Abu Bakar Abdullah said those who intend to join the government can use its eSMSM short-messaging service to check on their application status, interviews and results of interviews.
He said the public sector is always encouraging non-Malays, including those from Sabah and Sarawak, to join the service.
“It is important for us to have public servants from various races to enable the sector to be more sensitive to the different cultures and views of the public,” he said.
