Civil Servants Must Maintain Transparency And Accountability - Abdullah.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Thursday reminded civil servants to carry out their tasks with full disclosure and accountability so that the people will not have negative perception on the government and its employees.
He said all plans and projects that were to be implemented must be explained clearly to the people without hiding any fact to avoid negative views and unpleasant comments from the public.
All projects that had been planned and approved must be implemented immediately so that the people did not have to wait too long to enjoy the benefits to be derived from the projects, he said.
Civil servants should not waste time to study repeatedly all the documents and recommendations made by the parties awarded the projects as this would delay the project completion, he said at a meeting with officers from the Kedah State government at the Kolej Universiti Insaniah (KUIN), Mergong here.
Abdullah said the projects could proceed if the views or recommendations made by professionals in the technical field working in the private sector could be adopted by the civil servant of equivalent status. "For example, if a private sector engineer has signed and recommended a particular project, the Public Works Department (PWD) engineer need not waste time to review and study it. Utilise them (private sector engineers) in the best manner possible and if they can make recommendations, it's so much better for the project concerned. "If there are doubts, ask questions, if there is none, the project can start. Where is the necessity to spend too much time," he said.
He also cited bureaucratic red tapes in the approval of applications to build a hotel which required 72 licences and he described this as being too burdensome for the people dealing with the government agencies.
Abdullah said any move to delay projects unnecessarily would lead to various assumptions and misconception that "there is something going on" which would affect the government's image. "No need to wait too long because people will make accusations and presumptions that there is a sinister motive behind it. They must be `taking a percentage' (from the project)," he said.
**** This is not the first time that Pak Lah has adviced civil servants. However they seem to require 'reinforcements' from the PM off and on. The points that he made are very relevant and public servants should take note and act accordingly.
The example of a hotel requiring 72 licences is a classic case of overkill by unthinking officers who have over the years kept on adding condition after condition prior to approval. Being a former senior civil servant himself, Pak Lah is well placed to know of the workings, good and bad, of the civil service. It must sink in deeply into the minds of government officers that they serve at our pleasure and not the reverse. However to get them out of a 'frozen' mindset requires patience and a lot of discipline on the part of political bosses.
He said all plans and projects that were to be implemented must be explained clearly to the people without hiding any fact to avoid negative views and unpleasant comments from the public.
All projects that had been planned and approved must be implemented immediately so that the people did not have to wait too long to enjoy the benefits to be derived from the projects, he said.
Civil servants should not waste time to study repeatedly all the documents and recommendations made by the parties awarded the projects as this would delay the project completion, he said at a meeting with officers from the Kedah State government at the Kolej Universiti Insaniah (KUIN), Mergong here.
Abdullah said the projects could proceed if the views or recommendations made by professionals in the technical field working in the private sector could be adopted by the civil servant of equivalent status. "For example, if a private sector engineer has signed and recommended a particular project, the Public Works Department (PWD) engineer need not waste time to review and study it. Utilise them (private sector engineers) in the best manner possible and if they can make recommendations, it's so much better for the project concerned. "If there are doubts, ask questions, if there is none, the project can start. Where is the necessity to spend too much time," he said.
He also cited bureaucratic red tapes in the approval of applications to build a hotel which required 72 licences and he described this as being too burdensome for the people dealing with the government agencies.
Abdullah said any move to delay projects unnecessarily would lead to various assumptions and misconception that "there is something going on" which would affect the government's image. "No need to wait too long because people will make accusations and presumptions that there is a sinister motive behind it. They must be `taking a percentage' (from the project)," he said.
**** This is not the first time that Pak Lah has adviced civil servants. However they seem to require 'reinforcements' from the PM off and on. The points that he made are very relevant and public servants should take note and act accordingly.
The example of a hotel requiring 72 licences is a classic case of overkill by unthinking officers who have over the years kept on adding condition after condition prior to approval. Being a former senior civil servant himself, Pak Lah is well placed to know of the workings, good and bad, of the civil service. It must sink in deeply into the minds of government officers that they serve at our pleasure and not the reverse. However to get them out of a 'frozen' mindset requires patience and a lot of discipline on the part of political bosses.
posted by The Malaysian. at 8/17/2006 05:45:00 PM
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