Abdullah Tells Civil Servants To Listen To Umno Delegates' Views

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has asked civil servants to pay attention to matters concerning the country's development and public service that may be raised by some of the more than 2,500 delegates attending the Umno general assembly.
The prime minister said that such comments were not meant to attack government employees.
"All of us, especially those working in the Prime Minister's Department, should be listening to what the ruling government party has to say," he said at the department's monthly assembly here Monday.
"The delegates may want to voice out their opinions on certain issues or they may choose to remain silent," said Abdullah who is also Umno president.
The Umno general assembly is on from today till Friday at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur.
The prime minister said he was satisfied with improvements in the quality of public service following the introduction of several measures, such as the setting up of one-stop centres to expedite the processing of applications.
Abdullah said the move to raise the salaries of civil servants recently was aimed at retaining the best people in the public sector.
"We don't want them to leave half-way through the service due to some bad things or doubts about their future," he said.
He said those who joined the public sector should be genuinely keen on serving the public.
Abdullah said that long-serving civil servants were an asset to the government and that due rewards would be given to them irrespective of race or religion.
"They are all brothers and sisters, colleagues who should help each other to attain common goals," he added.

tunku : it's good that the government servants listen to the ruling party's views but the ruling party's president too must listen to others views which he can't accept when someone criticizes him or make comments on him.just see what mukhriz went through when he just commented thats nothing new in the president's speech and he was bombarded by the whole of umno youth team.