‘Critical service incentive allowance stays’

King grants PM first meeting for 2020: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah chatting with Dr Mahathir at Istana Melawati in Putrajaya. Comptroller of the Royal Household for Istana Negara Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said the meeting yesterday was the first for 2020 between Sultan Abdullah and Dr Mahathir. Ahmad Fadil said the pre-Cabinet meeting was among the weekly activities or main routines of the King to discuss and exchange ideas with the Prime Minister. — Bernama

PETALING JAYA: The Critical Service Incentive Allowance for civil servants will stay and its status will only be decided by the Cabinet at the end of the year, sources said.

The first Cabinet meeting of the year yesterday discussed at length on the premature announcement of the elimination of the allowance which created much controversy, said a source.