{"id":1229,"date":"2008-02-02T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2008-02-01T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2008\/02\/02\/why-not-many-non-malay-applicants-for-public-service\/"},"modified":"2008-02-04T23:22:52","modified_gmt":"2008-02-04T15:22:52","slug":"why-not-many-non-malay-applicants-for-public-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2008\/02\/02\/why-not-many-non-malay-applicants-for-public-service\/","title":{"rendered":"why not many non malay applicants for public service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> If the many prospective applicants from other races see no prospect in the civil service, I suppose the number of applications will be less. Further more, the number of Malay applicants are high since it is promoted by the family members, government institutions, etc. They see as just an extension of their family, a big organisation that consists of their kind. Plus, their population is higher as compared to others. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Secondly, the party that claims to be &#8220;sole champions of the indian community&#8221; has let this rot to take place and now when the damage is done, are being whacked left and right.<\/p>\n<p>This is not an overnight problem but effect of long term strategies. Other races find it difficult to enter local universities and get a diploma\/degree with will be approved by JPA. These students opt for private education, which means many are not qualified to enter public service.<\/p>\n<p>For jobs requiring SPM or lower qualifications, intake can be done at ministry or departmental levels, where it is not easy to be not-biased.<\/p>\n<p>Its kind of a vicious cycle, less go into local public universities\/colleges, less can apply. those few who apply, may not fit the bill or application put aside. as time goes, the whole machinery is filled with only one race, and the other are further demotivated to apply.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/Current_News\/NST\/Friday\/National\/2147193\/Article\/index_html\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR: The perception of having too many Malays in the government sector has reached the eyes and ears of parliamentarians.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are aware that people on the ground may think that there is racial discrimination when it comes to employment in the civil service.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But the Public Service Department (PSD) has given its assurance that there is no such thing,&#8221; said the Parliamentary Select Committee on Integrity chairman Datuk Dr Wan Hashim Wan Teh yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was told by the PSD that the largest ethnic group they had to turn away each year was the Malays.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Still, they have to portray that multi-ethnic image reflecting the make-up of the country.<br \/>\n&#8220;We have given our recommendations for proactive steps to take in more non-Malays.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to see more non-Malays and we want them to be working at the front lines of the civil service,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the many prospective applicants from other races see no prospect in the civil service, I suppose the number of applications will be less. Further more, the number of Malay applicants are high since it is promoted by the family members, government institutions, etc. They see as just an extension of their family, a big [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[112,103],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borninmalaysia","tag-discrimination","tag-marginalisation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}