Morshidi pep talk: It’s business unusual
KUCHING: A total of 176 new recruits to the Sarawak Civil Service (SCS) received a pep talk by State Secretary Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani, ahead of beginning their duty to the state.
Morshidi highlighted the need for civil servants to be capable in handling the challenges of today during an ‘Executive Talk’ held at a hotel here yesterday.
The talk saw a gathering of two batches of the inaugural On Boarding 30 (OB30) programme, which is a new orientation programme that began this year.
“What we want to see is the SCS has people who want to serve with honesty and integrity throughout their time of service,” Morshidi told the new recruits.
Citing the growth of social media demanding for better services, Morshidi said “the challenge of economic growth is more real because resources are limited so we need to have new ways of exploring environment.”
“At the rate at which our world is going, sharing information in today’s digital technology is much faster than before and we need to embrace these challenges we face. We need to change.
“A journey that will make a difference to the people, make a
What we want to see is the SCS has people who want to serve with honesty and integrity throughout their time of service. — Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani, State Secretary
difference to this country. (It is done) only if you are committed, capable and competent leaders for the state.
“We want to see a civil service that is world class. So you are the ones that are part of this journey, who can make that impact. World class in every aspect of our service to the people,” he added.
Morshidi went on to speak about the fundamentals of providing good service to the public through having a strong conviction and belief in the core shared values of the SCS: Professionalism; Sense of Urgency and Ownership; Kind and Caring; Integrity; Team Spirit and Resultoriented.
Touching on the SCS motto ‘An Honour to Serve’, he said the job as civil servants offered the opportunity to help make other people happy.
Noting the difficult times that the state government faces, Morshidi urged civil servants to do more, achieve more, and deliver more but with less resources.
“Each and every one of us has to increase our productivity, our ingenuity and our creativity to deliver more than what we have done before. It is no longer ‘business as usual’,” added Morshidi.
Meanwhile, 50 government heads of departments (HODs) and other senior government servants were also present during the talk.
Morshidi reminded the HODs of the importance of helping these new recruits to settle in and understand their roles better.
“It’s important for them to understand how their job contributes to how the department accomplishes its goals.”
“The ability for us to achieving our goals is having a clear sense of purpose,” Morshidi added.
Deputy State Secretary (Performance and Service Delivery Transformation) Datu Dr Sabariah Putit presented a paper on ‘Public Service Delivery and SCS Transformation Plan’.
Abdul Rahman Shebli, director of State Implementation Monitoring Unit, Chief Minister’s Department talked on the state’s Rural Transformation programme.
The talk is one of the main itinerary for the OB30 programme – a 30-day government induction course for new civil servants – to familiarise them with the Sarawak state government.
The programme, jointly organised with Leadership Institute and Kuching Police Training Centre (Pulapol), is a new approach taken by the state government under the mandatory Induction Course for all SCS officers grades 29 and 41.
The first batch of OB30 participants began last February, having completed more than three weeks of training at the Leadership Institute, are now joined by the second batch for a joint training at Pulapol, with an aim to foster comradeship.
The second batch will also undergo similar training at the Leadership Institute after two weeks at Pulapol.
The programme consists of 10 modules covering core knowledge that is essential for working in the SCS.
Key topics include the structure of government, the SCS ethical and legal framework, governance and workforce diversity.