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Professionalism: This means that Heads of To do-away with this practice, the
Department must be proicient in human resource State Secretary said that he wants each
matters and must know how to motivate their department to have a secretariat that will
respective staff. be charged to monitor all issues raised in
The welfare of all civil service staff matters, every department and actions taken to address
such as their service records and performance these issues.
assessments must always be given due attention to “These secretariats should be headed
ensure that their welfare and career development by Deputy (HODs) or the next most senior
paths are not neglected. oficer, perhaps Deputy Directors who usually
monitors respective departments’ administration”,
Sense of urgency and timeliness: This he explained. “We can deinitely push forward
is the sixth value which is very much related to the completion of a lot of programs, projects and
professionalism. Datuk Amar Hj Morshidi said activities if we pay serious attention to monitoring of
that “The public needs to see civil servants being these projects and activities,” he stressed.
on time in providing the service required by the
people. They should not wait for you for hours Team spirit: All civil servants must work in a
outside your ofice (to get services). We must well- integrated manner, always communicating with
have an action-oriented civil service culture where each other, ready to offer and exchange useful ideas
matters are attended to promptly and desired results with each other. “We must constantly maintain a
are attained in record time,” he explained. “Our high productivity mode, achieving more with less.
corporate culture must be one where all of us stand And we cannot achieve this unless we can develop a
ready and able to respond and take actions that are strong spirit of comradeship and camaraderie among
needed to be taken promptly, not only in a state us,” said Datuk Amar Haji Mohamad Morshidi.
of emergency, but in our day-to-day operations.” He explained that this is the reason why all civil
Datuk Amar Haji Mohamad Morshidi noted servants must take part in social and sports events
that there is the need to eliminate “pen-pushing” that are being organized for the SCS by groups
and “paper-pushing”, which delays services within such as MAKSAK, and the respective agencies
the civil service. and departments.
“I want to build a strong, efficient and effective team in the
civil service. Heightened improvement of service delivery will be
the order of the day under my leadership.
These twin pillars are crucial to achieve Sarawak’s vision to become
the most prosperous state in Malaysia by the year 2030”.
Excerpt from YB State Secretary’s speech during the
‘Perhimpunan Amanat Perdana’ on 13 August 2009
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Department must be proicient in human resource State Secretary said that he wants each
matters and must know how to motivate their department to have a secretariat that will
respective staff. be charged to monitor all issues raised in
The welfare of all civil service staff matters, every department and actions taken to address
such as their service records and performance these issues.
assessments must always be given due attention to “These secretariats should be headed
ensure that their welfare and career development by Deputy (HODs) or the next most senior
paths are not neglected. oficer, perhaps Deputy Directors who usually
monitors respective departments’ administration”,
Sense of urgency and timeliness: This he explained. “We can deinitely push forward
is the sixth value which is very much related to the completion of a lot of programs, projects and
professionalism. Datuk Amar Hj Morshidi said activities if we pay serious attention to monitoring of
that “The public needs to see civil servants being these projects and activities,” he stressed.
on time in providing the service required by the
people. They should not wait for you for hours Team spirit: All civil servants must work in a
outside your ofice (to get services). We must well- integrated manner, always communicating with
have an action-oriented civil service culture where each other, ready to offer and exchange useful ideas
matters are attended to promptly and desired results with each other. “We must constantly maintain a
are attained in record time,” he explained. “Our high productivity mode, achieving more with less.
corporate culture must be one where all of us stand And we cannot achieve this unless we can develop a
ready and able to respond and take actions that are strong spirit of comradeship and camaraderie among
needed to be taken promptly, not only in a state us,” said Datuk Amar Haji Mohamad Morshidi.
of emergency, but in our day-to-day operations.” He explained that this is the reason why all civil
Datuk Amar Haji Mohamad Morshidi noted servants must take part in social and sports events
that there is the need to eliminate “pen-pushing” that are being organized for the SCS by groups
and “paper-pushing”, which delays services within such as MAKSAK, and the respective agencies
the civil service. and departments.
“I want to build a strong, efficient and effective team in the
civil service. Heightened improvement of service delivery will be
the order of the day under my leadership.
These twin pillars are crucial to achieve Sarawak’s vision to become
the most prosperous state in Malaysia by the year 2030”.
Excerpt from YB State Secretary’s speech during the
‘Perhimpunan Amanat Perdana’ on 13 August 2009
DEVELOPMENT SYNERGY 53
