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YB Datuk Amar Haji Mohamad
Morshidi bin Abdul Ghani has made Strategic Management,
it his top priority to build a High
Performance Team in the Sarawak Civil a Rule of the Day for Civil Service
Service who will work together to achieve (Excerpt of speech of the Chief Minister, YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud
a heightened improvement of service during a rally to mark Civil Service Day on October 20, 2007)
delivery. He noted that these twin pillars
are crucial to achieve Sarawak’s vision
to become the most prosperous state in
Malaysia by the year 2030. To achieve
this, he has enjoined all civil servants
in the State to work across ranks and
departments to plan, strategize and execute
programmes and projects with utmost
eficiency, integrity and professionalism
following the directions set by the Chief
Minister, YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib
Mahmud as well as the guidelines laid
out in the Government Transformation
Programme (GTP) for the country.
embers of the civil service, with the knowledge and understanding
of their own working environment, should endeavor to adjust
according to their changing roles in the era of globalisation. Even
oficers at the lower levels, who tend to be harder to convince
to work as a team,
M must open their mind to the new realities and adjust
themselves accordingly; they must come in.
The lower echelon of members must be willing to accept changes in the
overall transformation of the service as they have equal right to beneits, which
come up as the country gets more prosperous. This is enough justiication for
all members to work for a transformation in the civil service to make “strategic
government”, the rule of the day from now onward.
During the colonial period in the 50s and early 60s, the people were only
motivated to be diligent, loyal and dedicated to their work according to the
standard, which had been set for them. Then members of the civil service were
considered as administrators as opposed to managers. The country was poor
and the government, with its powerful machinery, had to spearhead what ever
changes that could bring progress and prosperity to the people and the country.
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YB Datuk Amar Haji Mohamad
Morshidi bin Abdul Ghani has made Strategic Management,
it his top priority to build a High
Performance Team in the Sarawak Civil a Rule of the Day for Civil Service
Service who will work together to achieve (Excerpt of speech of the Chief Minister, YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud
a heightened improvement of service during a rally to mark Civil Service Day on October 20, 2007)
delivery. He noted that these twin pillars
are crucial to achieve Sarawak’s vision
to become the most prosperous state in
Malaysia by the year 2030. To achieve
this, he has enjoined all civil servants
in the State to work across ranks and
departments to plan, strategize and execute
programmes and projects with utmost
eficiency, integrity and professionalism
following the directions set by the Chief
Minister, YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib
Mahmud as well as the guidelines laid
out in the Government Transformation
Programme (GTP) for the country.
embers of the civil service, with the knowledge and understanding
of their own working environment, should endeavor to adjust
according to their changing roles in the era of globalisation. Even
oficers at the lower levels, who tend to be harder to convince
to work as a team,
M must open their mind to the new realities and adjust
themselves accordingly; they must come in.
The lower echelon of members must be willing to accept changes in the
overall transformation of the service as they have equal right to beneits, which
come up as the country gets more prosperous. This is enough justiication for
all members to work for a transformation in the civil service to make “strategic
government”, the rule of the day from now onward.
During the colonial period in the 50s and early 60s, the people were only
motivated to be diligent, loyal and dedicated to their work according to the
standard, which had been set for them. Then members of the civil service were
considered as administrators as opposed to managers. The country was poor
and the government, with its powerful machinery, had to spearhead what ever
changes that could bring progress and prosperity to the people and the country.
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