Zahid: Civil servant salary increase shouldn't be greeted by unreasonable price hikes
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Thursday (Aug 22) said that the government’s recent announcement on civil servant salary increase should not be greeted with unnecessary and unreasonable price hikes.
While making adjustments to the civil servant salary, he said the government also wished to control inflation.
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00:30target group must be benefited, not otherwise. I think not only the Prime Minister has refocused
00:40and refocused the target group, I reckon with the strength of our ringgit now and the number
00:55of value of export has been increased tremendously. I think our next export is to get our skilled
01:07workforce must be given what I used to say is premium salary. I think the cost of living
01:22and the salary which to be given to our workforce must be in tandem with the development of
01:31our economy as well as the salary has been adjusted for public service.
01:41So, with the increase of salary among public service workers, the first thing that must be seen is to determine
01:51so that there is no increase in unprofitable goods costs and we must curb inflation rather than increase it.
02:05Of course, in such a situation, we must balance between demand and supply. Supply and demand
02:12in the workforce, in the services and also in the goods. And in this matter, I think the
02:21skilled workforce this time must see not only the measures to increase this and that, but
02:29the important thing is how we can contribute suggestions, ideas and ideas to strengthen
02:38the economy and restructure the society. That's why yesterday I talked about the role of
02:45the Ministers in the delivery system to strengthen this civil government with the role in every
02:59ministries that are appointed by the Ministers.