Civil servants hired on merit and competence

Equal opportunities: Armizan responding to a question about the government’s efforts to achieve a 7% representation of civil servants from the Indian community at the Dewan Rakyat. — Bernama

MALAYSIANS, regardless of their background, are hired into the civil service based on merit and competence, says Datuk Armizan Ali.

The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah, Sarawak, and Special Affairs) in a written reply on Nov 15, said there were no set hiring quotas based on race or ethnicity into the civil service.