Give JPA scholars postings or free them

MY nephew is a Public Service Department (JPA) medical scholar. He came back in the middle of July.

He attended the JPA interview in early August and was given a job offer letter but until now he is still waiting for his posting. He and his friends called JPA to ask when will they get their postings and the answer they got is to wait till December 2014, if not early 2015 – another two months or later!

I am wondering why the Government spent hundreds of thousands of ringgit sending them to study overseas and yet keep them waiting doing nothing for months.

These scholars came back to Malaysia to honour their contracts to serve the Government.

There are two reasons I can think of why the Government cannot post them as soon as possible:

1) All the Government hospitals are loaded with doctors.

2) The Government cannot afford to pay them.

If either of the above is correct, then the Government should release them from their contract so that they can get to practise their profession in other countries where they will be grabbed.

I hope the authority will look into this matter seriously.

LOH GEOK SUAN

Alor Setar