Reduce expenditure on civil service, says former treasury sec-gen Sheriff

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PETALING JAYA: Putrajaya must find ways to bring down its expenditure on the civil service, former treasury secretary-general Sheriff Kassim said.

“Their (civil service) salaries and pensions account for about 45% of the operating budget of the federal government,” he said in a talk organised by the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research today.

After taking into account statutory payments like debt servicing and grants to state governments, there would not be much left in the operating expenditure for the maintenance of public facilities, he said.

Sheriff said the reduction of expenditure on the civil service has to be done in stages, and suggested introducing measures practised in the private sector.

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