Malay dominance in the civil service should remain unchanged and unchallenged
Taken from The Malaysian Insider
** Dr Lim Teck Ghee is director, Center for Policy Initiatives, and Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam is former president, Transparency International Malaysia.
The article “Emphasis on raising standards” by Shagul (The Star, Jan 30) seems to be aimed at ensuring that the situation of Malay dominance in the civil service should remain unchanged and unchallenged.
Dayakbaru:
This clearly shows that the Malay in Malaya has no intention to bring multi-racial civil service. Is that we Sabah and sarawak people expected by joining Malaysia? The answer is NO. We know that we must never talk about being separated from Malaysia and be independent country of our own. With just an analysis by the Director General of the Civil Service, we should not be blame for thinking that we Sabah and Sarawak should consider leaving Malaysia all together. We formed Malaysia with a dream of equality and progress. Why are we made ” second class” citizen to Malay of Malaya.
We Dayak are more bumiputera then those so called Malays in Malaya – at least some of the Malays who are basically “pendatang” and imported “illegals” as in Sabah to make up or add up to the Malay population. This is a CHEAT to us from Sabah and Sarawak. We sacrifice so much to make Malaysia a progressive nation and all that we are haering now are MALAY in Malaya is our boss and King.
20 point agreement
The Borneonization of the civil service is ONE of the key element of the agreement signed by Sabah, Sarawak and Malaya on the formation of Malaysia. Why are the Malay in Malaya changing their rules and agreement unilaterally with us. Are they lookin forward to a response from the Malaysian in sabah and Sarawak?
Next election we must put a stop to this in Sabah and Sarawak. We should not make ourselves “fixed Deposit” of Barisan Nasional. Let us make ourselves the king maker to bring down the elements of extremist Malay of Malaya so that they may learn to live properly in a multi-racial country.
Director General Analysis
The director-general’s analysis fails to point out some very important reasons why a representative and multi-racial civil service should remain a key national priority, especially in the context of building 1 Malaysia.
NEP should have ended in 1990
One crucial reason is that the second prong of the New Economic Policy (from 1970) — the reduction in the identification of economic function with ethnicity — was intended to apply to both the private and public sectors. This second prong has been deemed to be so vital to the cause of national unity that the restructuring of the private sector continues until today (nearly 20 years after the NEP was supposed to have ended in 1990).
What has happened to the restructuring of the civil service that was part of the original NEP?
The Civil service today is getting more “racialist” and formed by one major race – not even Dayak are considered bumiputera now.
Although great strides have taken place towards a more multiracial private sector, the reverse has happened in the civil service.
According to available statistics for the year 2005, the proportion of Malays in the civil service had grown from 60 per cent to 77 per cent from 1970 to 2005 whilst the Perkhidmatan Tadbir dan Diplomatik (PTD) had 85 per cent Malays in its staffing, or six Malays for one every non-Malay.
The situation of Malay dominance of the civil service, especially for the higher level service groups, is likely to have been enhanced since.
Sabah Sarawak natives are not well represented in the Civil Service – Why?
It is not simply the issue of Chinese under-representation mentioned by the D-G that is of concern. Representation of other communities and the East Malaysia native communities in the civil service at all levels is of as much concern.
Data absent – (this is done on purpose)
Official statistics such as racial and regional breakdown of civil service staffing by ministries, agencies and departments and categorised according to top management group, management and professional group and support group and other key variables can provide us a better understanding of the representational issue. From it we can draw related racial, regional and other ramifications and implications.
Though easy to collate, analyse and make publicly available, these data are conspicuously unavailable.
We need more transparency
Many government leaders have acknowledged that we need more transparency in government to raise public confidence. Should these data and the relevant analysis be made publicly available, we are confident that they will agree with the concerns of many Malaysians that current Malay over-dominance of the civil service is unhealthy and undesirable and that it adversely affects national unity, social cohesion and economic competitiveness.
Civil service implement public policies for all communities – Do you think so now?
Another important reason why the civil service in Malaysia needs to be made fully representative of the country’s racial make-up is that in all modern governments, civil servants are fully engaged in formulating and implementing public policies on behalf of, and in the interests of, all the communities.
Democratic norms
Democratic norms call for a representative, impartial and neutral bureaucracy, not only to ensure that public policies are responsive to the legitimate needs of all citizens in a fair and equitable fashion but also to ensure that there is an absence of racial bias in the individual or collective manner that the civil servants formulate policies and conduct their work.
“Towards a representative and world-class civil service”: (Has any improvement being made – is it in NKRAs?)
In February 2006, a study titled “Towards a representative and world-class civil service” was presented to the government as part of the Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) proposals for the Ninth Malaysia Plan.
The study contained a full set of arguments as to why the civil service needs to pursue an appropriate and racially diverse representation policy in its staffing.
It also provided practical suggestions on how this policy could be implemented in the form of a quota system in recruitment and career advancement. The quota system would be similar to the quota systems long used by the government in sectors such as education and commerce to bring about Malay advancement.
Why not reduce marginalization of non Malays and Natives of Sabah and Sarawak
The civil service quota system — in this case specifically used as a temporary affirmative action tool to increase non-Malay numbers and reduce marginalisation — could be formulated in such a way as to meet with the constitutional provisions providing for the special position of the Malays and Bumiputera groups of Sabah and Sarawak.
This 60-40 recruitment system would be relatively easy and painless to implement. It would ensure Malay dominance but not over-dominance by helping bring a gradual increase in the number and proportion of non-Malay civil servants in the country.
Racial profiling allegations are on the rise – it is a danger
Since that CPPS study aforementioned, the growing number of racial profiling allegations aimed at the police and various other ministries and agencies is a clear danger sign that changes in recruitment of new staffing and racial composition at the higher levels are urgently needed if these allegations are not to spiral out of control.
Sidelining non-Malays
The director-general has emphasised that “there has never been any deliberate and conscious effort to discourage the non-Malays from entering and staying in public service”.
The D-G is Bull shitting
The veracity of this statement can be questioned.
If a full and open inquiry is held on the issue of whether or not bias exists in terms of recruitment and promotion in the civil service (and this includes staffing in the public universities and many strategic ministries and agencies), we are sure that many conflicting views — including those based on personal experience — are likely to dominate the proceedings.
The government is responsible for the multi-racialism of the civil service
Even if we accept as largely true the statement that there are no “deliberate and conscious” attempts to discourage non-Malay participation in the civil service, it does not absolve the government from its responsibility of ensuring a fully representative civil service — a national objective which it has long pledged to pursue but has cynically ignored instead.
Put more resources to correct the imbalance in the civil service
In fact, if only a miniscule fraction of the public resources that has gone into the restructuring of the private sector had been allocated towards the restructuring of the civil service, we would have long ago achieved that goal and arrived at a higher stage of national unity, resilience and competitiveness.
Instead what we have had is a lot of rhetoric, foot dragging, attempts to “blame the other side”, and now another garbled attempt at explaining why the status quo in terms of the civil service composition has to remain the same.
Contrasting Statement – (what is new?) It is just all show and nothing more.
That is why the contrasting statement by the Second Minister of Finance, Datuk Ahmad Husni Mohd Hanadzlah, that the civil service should be more multiracial is most welcome.
In order to fulfil this noble aspiration, we hope that Husni and his colleagues in the Barisan Nasional will support the introduction of a quota system reflective of the country’s racial composition and for the system to be introduced as soon as possible for all civil service recruitment and promotion.
It is important for the government to change its mindset on the issue and not to view the issue of a representative civil service in zero-sum game terms. It is not simply the interests of the non-Malay communities presently under-represented that would be enhanced with more equitable representation. Malay interests would also benefit in many ways.
Conclusion
Implementation of reforms providing for the recruitment and career advancement of non-Malays in the civil service will help ensure that national unity and the goal of 1 Malaysia will be more quickly realised.
Dayakbaru:
The marginalization of the Natives of Sabah and Sarawak will reslyed in resentment towards the Malay from Malaya. Since they are so many Malaya Malay in the civil service in Sabah and Sarawak – we felt we are being colonized by Malaya. For that it may attract freedom fighter to free us from this new colonial masters within our own country.
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In 1Malaysia, the civil service should be reflected by ratio dominancy.
For the Iban community, I would expect that there would be at least 18,000 iban in the Fedearal civil service; the Sarawak chinese would about less than the iban say 17,000. The malay maybe 12,000 while the Melanau maybe less than 10,000. I doubt this compliance that there are that much of them according to these ratio distribution.
For instance, 18,858 applications from the Ibans, only 24 were accepted for jobs in the federal civil service.
During colonial era, Dayaks were given about 60 per cents in each intake in the state civil service. But now it is good enough if quota for Dayaks in each intake in the civil service reaches 15 per cent.
Very sad, our Dayaks elected representatives are tight-lipped on this issue.
Racial bias occurs in many areas (just to add to the bias in civil service):
1. Politics (umno is the boss & Malay Kings)
2. Economy (almost all CEOs in GLC are Malay)/a lot of major contracts from govt are awarded to MCCI/ a lot of micro-credit assistance given to Malay entrepreneurs & companies, etc.)
3. Social (more development programs to Malay Kampungs / more grant or fund for Malay’s NGOs, social clubs etc. / more subsidies for Malay farmers etc.)
4. Education (Malay as the DG,Deputy DGs, Directors, PPDs, Headmasters, teachers & admin staffs-majority malay / All C and Vice C of public U are malays /80% of lecturers in public U are malays / student in-take mostly malay / administration staffs-majority malay)
5. Distribution of nation’s wealth – “Malay didahulukan & ketuanan diutamakan”
Cheers,
John Hock
Mr J Hock,
The BN gov’t is responsile for all these troubles in SArawak…esp. the margnalizaton of Dayaks in term of infrastucture and human Capital…education etccc!!! So many Dayaks went overseas to look for Jobs because they dont have any means for survival in the kampungs in terms of economy. Land grabbing is rampant and the daylight robbers are busy scrutinizing the NCR land in favour of Land development by the Banned [BN ] Gov’t. The Tuai rumah watched hopelessly!
CAN WE THINK AND RETHINK??
With UMNO with their Ketuanan Melayu ideals, at the helm, our hope for a better future is NIL. Everything is ’sensitive issue’, only their feelings is taken into account or matters the most. We are supposed to feel nothing, say nothing and do nothing.
In PR, we have the golden opportunity to make our points heard and implemented. We want our rights respected as equal rights, no ketuanan whatsoever. Rights to land, property and opportunities. Race and religion in politics breed discrimination, therefore we must think and operate beyond that to prosper as a country…Malaysia.
Dalam pekara ti bakatu bala kitai Dayak endang enda ulih serunding enggau bala sida Dayaklama, Koklir, JJ,MJC Changop 4540.
Tang bala sida lebih nemu ari bala kitai maioh tu,semina sida sama baka YB BN Dayak semua udah kena ‘tutup mata enggau mulut enggau ditensang /sedal ke pending’.
Tu meh utai ti udu ngirau ke runding enggau ati bala kitai DB.Laban maioh kitai ti nemu serta mereti tang udu NGEMELI ke diri empu.
The Opposition front, be it PKR, PCM, PERMAS, MDC, SNAP, PBDS or NGOs…..collective power, now is the time for us to start our ‘OPS CANTAS’ to trim-down the unwanted Dayak leaders and replace them if necessary.
BARU BIAN, where are U?….lets start the ball rolling and lets initiate an aggresive campaign strategy. We trust on you…now Mr.BB!
Discrimination of Dayaks in the civil service. This is a type of BN policy supported by dayaklama, MJC, anakmit, changgop 4540, Telaga Kumang, John Jamban, koklir, Deo etc.
It is obvious an unbalanced civil participation in Malaysia.Statistics as at 31.9.2009 are as below; Malays-76.2%,Chinese-6%, Indian-4% Others-13.7%.It means that there are 914,400 Malays out of 1.2 million civil servants in the country.Is this 1 Malaysia ?.Mr Prime Minster.Fair and equal
DL bertanggong jawab ke bangsa kitai Iban,enti sida ya gaga meda bangsa diri di gaga bangsa orang bakanya tolong bangsa diri.2020 ila bangsa kita nomad aje ba ladang sawit,makai gaji rm.8.00 sehari.
I am optimistic that sooner or later the games of racism and discrimination will be between Malays and Non-Malays not Bumi and Non-Bumi.It’s showing notable signs in the present governments policies.The special right of the son of the soil have to be above everything while others have to look after also. What will a country like if it is full of defensive and demanding polices among all citizens.It’s unable to imagine where the future lie.
Malaysia is a country dead of meritocracy and full of mediocrity.
Contaminated, tainted with all these malicious intent and prejudice. The “AU” mentality of the Dayaks made them vulnerable to abuse and the opportunist LAUTS in Malaysia.
Reflections;
“DONT ASK WHAT THE DAYAKS CAN DO FOR YOU BUT ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE DAYAKS” …..for the future of anakbiaks!!!
Very strange, none of dayaklama and his group have participated in the forum on this issue.
MJC,Deo, Telaga Kumang, anakmit, John Jamban, koklir, changgop 4540, where are you. Can you contribute some ideas on this issue?
Suntat,
These cowards [Laut copyrights] have retreated….Can’t Wait to hear from them esp. Koklir…
he lose his biji pelir, I think!
come to me….an be my..???
Suntat,
These cowards have retreated..
Koklir nowhere to be seen….he lose one of his biji P***r somewhere!
Kerani opis still caught in the Midst of trafic jam this morning?
Dayaklama is still discussing his strategy with that Jabut off-line!!! Power failure somewhere!
Suntat & Engkerawai,
DL & group dont have any idea to counter our argguments. It seems that our arrows strike through their heart…lalu rebah endak tepadah ka dirik..
Cheers
John Hock
JH,
These cowards{BN’s propagandist] are still strategising their next move. Probably few cans of ‘orenjebooom’ and barbequed ‘kijang ruai’!
Nyamai asai…tu engkerawai, peturun RENTAP, IBAN TALIBAN!! BUJANG BERANI KEMPANG!!!!