Read this....

Everyone's talking about economy slow-down, jobs being at stake etc & out comes an article from Malaysia regarding reduced leave for its civil servants to (get this) "boost productivity & efficiency" & we are talking about reducing it from a whopping 30 days to a measly 25 days here....

The Director also said "The civil servants have been given a host of incentives and other allowances.So, the Government decided that after having received so much, the civil servants must produce," (I am like duh?? You know your people are not delivering results & you continue to incentivise them??) & to end it all Malaysian government departments etc are discouraged from "spending more to "improve" the level of their service".....I mean I want to work for Malaysian's civil service!!

Full article below for your reading pleasure....

Fewer days of annual leave for new civil servants in M'sia They will only be
entitled to 25 instead of 30 days. -The Star -->
Fri, Dec 12, 2008 The Star

By Sim Leoi
Leoi
PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA: Come Jan 1, those joining the civil services will only be entitled to 25 instead of 30 days of annual leave regardless of their tenure of service, says Public Service Director Tan Sri Ismail Adam.

Those who are already civil servants will have a choice of reducing their annual leave by five days or not in a move by the Government to promote efficiency and productivity.
Currently, civil servants who have served more than 10 years are entitled to 30 days of leave.
Ismail said civil servants did not need to get "unduly upset" by the option as they could still choose to remain under the old scheme.
"The option is given to see if civil servants are willing to sacrifice five days of leave for their service," he said in an interview here yesterday.
"The civil servants have been given a host of incentives and other allowances.
"So, the Government decided that after having received so much, the civil servants must produce," he added.
In a circular dated Dec 1, Ismail had said civil servants who were on probation, on secondment or temporary transfer, on any type of leave and facing disciplinary action would be given the
option.
However, Ismail declined to comment if the Government had plans for other incentives in lieu of the civil servants voluntarily reducing their number of leave days. Cuepacs president Omar Osman said he would be meeting with Ismail today to seek an explanation.
Meanwhile, heads of government departments and agencies have been reminded against spending more to "improve" the level of their service to the people.
Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan said measures to enhance public service delivery were supposed to help the administration save money.
Speaking at the launch of the Prime Minister's Department Quality Day here yesterday, he said that currently many government agencies often created new posts, promoted existing staff
members or gave other allowances as a way to boost productivity and efficiency.