The StarTuesday, 30 March 2010
by NELSON BENJAMIN
Johor Baru: The 8,372-strong Johor State civil service has only 10 Chinese and 116 Indians, an assemblyman pointed out.
DAP Bentayan State Assemblyman, Gwee Tong Hiang said in terms of percentage, Indians and Chinese made up 1.39% and 0.12% respectively.
Gwee said the statistics were given to him in a written reply from Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman on 16 March 2010 during the Johor State Legislative Assembly Sitting in Kota Iskandar.
Gwee, who posted the reply on his blog, had asked the Mentri Besar at the Johor State Assembly Sitting on the percentage of non-Malays in the state civil service and the measures to recruit more non-Malays.
Abdul Ghani revealed that in 2007, only five Indians applied for jobs in the civil service, with only two being short-listed and appointed.
There were no Chinese applicants that year.
In 2008, there were seven Indian applicants. Only four were appointed. As for Chinese applicants, only five applied, two were short-listed and appointed.
Abdul Ghani said the Johor Public Services Commission had received many applications that were now in the vetting and interview stages.
He said the commission had also taken initiatives to encourage non-Malays to join the civil service with programmes initiated by the state's Economic Planning Unit and Jobstreet.com.
The commission was also taking steps to advertise vacancies in vernacular newspapers.
Gwee, when contacted, said he was shocked over the reply, adding that the numbers did not reflect the Prime Minister's 1Malaysia concept.
“I find it hard to believe that non-Malays are not interested in government jobs as the salary and allowances are good,” he said.
DAP Bentayan State Assemblyman, Gwee Tong Hiang said in terms of percentage, Indians and Chinese made up 1.39% and 0.12% respectively.
Gwee said the statistics were given to him in a written reply from Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman on 16 March 2010 during the Johor State Legislative Assembly Sitting in Kota Iskandar.
Gwee, who posted the reply on his blog, had asked the Mentri Besar at the Johor State Assembly Sitting on the percentage of non-Malays in the state civil service and the measures to recruit more non-Malays.
Abdul Ghani revealed that in 2007, only five Indians applied for jobs in the civil service, with only two being short-listed and appointed.
There were no Chinese applicants that year.
In 2008, there were seven Indian applicants. Only four were appointed. As for Chinese applicants, only five applied, two were short-listed and appointed.
Abdul Ghani said the Johor Public Services Commission had received many applications that were now in the vetting and interview stages.
He said the commission had also taken initiatives to encourage non-Malays to join the civil service with programmes initiated by the state's Economic Planning Unit and Jobstreet.com.
The commission was also taking steps to advertise vacancies in vernacular newspapers.
Gwee, when contacted, said he was shocked over the reply, adding that the numbers did not reflect the Prime Minister's 1Malaysia concept.
“I find it hard to believe that non-Malays are not interested in government jobs as the salary and allowances are good,” he said.
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