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Central Government

Malaysia revamps public service remuneration scheme

By Jianggan Li | 3 January 2012

“The performance of the civil service will be judged by the stakeholders, namely the public,” says Tan Sri Abu Bakar Abdullah, Director General of Malaysia’s Public Service Department.

Malaysia will introduce Public Service New Remuneration Scheme (SBPA) this month, replacing the current Malaysian Remuneration System (SSM), according to the country’s Public Service Department (PSD).

PSD Director General Tan Sri Abu Bakar Abdullah said the switch was necessary because the current scheme had not been reviewed for a long time.

Among the changes brought by the new scheme was the lowering of the weight of the Annual Performance Appraisal Report (LPNT) from 75 per cent to 65 per cent for salary increases. Although the measure caused some concerns among public servants, Tan Sri Abu Bakar Abdullah said it was not a problem as merely 0.4 per cent of all civil servant failed to pass the score in 2010.

“So the question of the PSD lowering the LPNT standard does not arise as the performance of the civil service will be judged by the stakeholders, namely the public,” he said

Urging the civil servants to accept the new scheme, Tan Sri Abu Bakar Abdullah said if they accept SBPA by 15 Jan, the salary increase would be made effective from 1 Jan.

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