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By Tengku Razaleigh

Of late there has been a tendency for the Government to routinely extend and re-extend the service of top civil servants scheduled for retirement.

Extension of service is meant be an extraordinary measure. It is in danger of becoming the norm. This is bad practice.

1. It politicizes the leadership of a service that has its own processes and criteria for promotion. Those extended become, in effect, political appointees with rather  cosy relations with the political bosses who determine these extensions.
2. Public servants owe their allegiance to King and country, not to politicians. It is by an accumulation of bad practices like this that the once independent ethos of the civil service has been eroded.

Read more at: extensions becoming routine

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written by ibabonma, July 14, 2009 11:58:19

Umno wants the corrupts with their thick black files to remain where they are so as to enable the goons to kowtim with them and forget about good governance.

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written by *********, July 14, 2009 12:11:10

The ones who get their services extended are those doing the evil deeds of BN/Umno...More http://*********.********.com

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written by mikewang, July 14, 2009 13:00:47

I think it's better the crook you already know, than a new crook you have to train.

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written by asiana888, July 15, 2009 01:40:09

"Is there no one else????????"
Brad Pitt's quote in the movie 'Troy'.

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