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00:03 The approval process for the new salary scheme for civil servants
00:06 will be expedited.
00:09 Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said a detailed study
00:12 on the public service remuneration system
00:14 is expected to be done within the next two months
00:17 before being presented to the cabinet for final approval.
00:20 Anwar said unnecessary delays should
00:23 be avoided since the new salary scheme has
00:25 taken 12 years to develop.
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00:44 In August last year, the government
00:46 announced that it would soon share details
00:48 about the salary increment for approximately 1.3 million
00:52 civil servants before presenting the 2024 budget.
00:56 Anwar also announced that civil servants in grade 56 and below
01:00 would receive an incentive payment of 2,000 ringgit
01:03 on February 23.
01:05 All government retirees will also
01:07 receive an incentive payment of 1,000 ringgit on the same day,
01:11 he said.
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