Former sec-gen of Finance Ministry suggests govt trim civil service


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KUALA LUMPUR: A former top civil servant has called on the Government to consider downsizing the country's bloated civil service, while it still can.

Malaysia has the highest civil servants-to-population ratio in Asia Pacific, employing 1.6 million people or 11% of the country's labour force.

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