Cut perks of top civil servants


Business Class seats onboard an MAS aeroplane. Civil servants,opines the writer, can travel on Business Class instead of First Class. — Filepic

AS more and more news reports are published on the fact that we are in serious debt and added taxes are being planned in Budget 2019, I would like to look from within and suggest ways to stop wastage in the administrative arm of the government.

Let’s start with the top brass in each ministry. All those in Jusa C and above are entitled to fly business class for local and overseas official trips.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 8.02/month

Billed as RM 96.20 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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Opinion , letters , buget , cost-cutting

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