Civil service hiring in Sabah should reflect ethnic make-up, says Upko chief


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KOTA KINABALU: Recruitment for the Sabah civil service should be done transparently and reflect the racial demographics of the state, says Parti Upko president Datuk Ewon Benedick (pic).

He said such transparency in recruitment was important as he had received complaints that recent intakes involving the civil service were not reflective of the population's composition.

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