Concerns over sustainability of wage bill


  • Nation
  • Monday, 01 Jul 2019

KUALA LUMPUR: The World Bank has expressed concerns over the sustainability of the Malaysian public sector’s wage bill in the long run.

The body’s lead public sector specialist Rajni Bajpai said the current debate on the Malaysian civil service needed to move on from its size to the sustainability of the wage bill.

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