RM500 Raya bonus for Sabah civil servants – Shafie
SHAH ALAM: The State Government has agreed to pay a bonus of RM500 for civil servants in the state in conjunction with the Aidilfitri celebration.
Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said government officials of all grades would enjoy the payment.
“The state government has agreed to a RM500 bonus. Other states are giving RM1,000, RM500 and RM400.
“The RM500 bonus will be paid immediately,” he said when met by reporters after breaking fast with Sabah students studying in higher education institutions in the Peninsular on Thursday night. Among those in attendance were Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment Christina Liew, Law and Native Affairs Minister Datuk Aidi Mokhtar, Education and Innovation Minister Datuk Dr Yusof Yakob, Sabah State Secretary Tan Sri Sukarti Wakiman and Assistant Education and Innovation Minister Jenifer Lasimbang.
More than 1,200 students from 44 institutes of higher learning in Peninsular Malaysia attended the annual event hosted by Sabah Foundation.
In another development, Mohd Shafie said his party had submitted a list of names of potential Sabah representatives for the Cabinet line-up under the leadership of Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Mohd Shafie, who is also Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) president, said it was up to Dr Mahathir’s discretion to determine the number of Sabah representatives for ministerial and deputy minister posts.
“I am quiet sure he (Dr Mahathir) is mindful there should be some representatives from Sabah,” he added.