My heartiest congratulations to Datuk Seri Dr Ali Hamsa for being appointed as the new Chief Secretary to the government. Like many other civil servants, i may not know him personally but from what i have heard from those who have met him, they said he was a nice person and down to earth. Yes, that's what they said and i really hope that such traits will remain with the nation's number one civil servant in accordance with one of the eighth values of PM's 1Malaysia concept, 'HUMILITY' (rendah diri).
I also hope that many other top civil servants will take note of such traits. Often we heard cases of certain bosses who showed disrespect to another human being by shouting at their subordinates or throwing files and documents around the office when they are in a bad mood!
Besides that, i also hope that the disparity of senior posts between government officers would be streamlined so that there would not be too few senior posts in one department as compared to another to motivate the officers. And another long overdue case is on promotion. some claimed that they always missed the promotion exercise while others may have at least been promoted two to three times during the same period.
Lastly i also hoped to see faster delivery system being implemented by some departments. For example, someone claimed that an application for a renewal of a land lease took more than two years for the relevant department to finally respond to to the applicant and the case is said to be still pending.
I also hope that many other top civil servants will take note of such traits. Often we heard cases of certain bosses who showed disrespect to another human being by shouting at their subordinates or throwing files and documents around the office when they are in a bad mood!
Besides that, i also hope that the disparity of senior posts between government officers would be streamlined so that there would not be too few senior posts in one department as compared to another to motivate the officers. And another long overdue case is on promotion. some claimed that they always missed the promotion exercise while others may have at least been promoted two to three times during the same period.
Lastly i also hoped to see faster delivery system being implemented by some departments. For example, someone claimed that an application for a renewal of a land lease took more than two years for the relevant department to finally respond to to the applicant and the case is said to be still pending.
