The 1.6 million-strong civil service will not be downsized as a result of the ongoing implementation of the electronic government system (e-government), says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He gave assurance that while an increase in productivity and public service effectiveness was important, this must not be linked with making the civil service workforce smaller.
The 1.6 million-strong civil service workforce will not be downsized as a result of the ongoing implementation of the electronic government system (e-government), Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.
He gave an assurance that while an increase in productivity and public service effectiveness was important, this must not be linked with making the civil service workforce smaller.
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The government’s plan to allow the foreign worker re-employment scheme is a positive development for MyEG Services Bhd, according to CGS-CIMB Research.
The brokerage said the development would improve MyEG’s job-matching business prospects and potentially leverage on its one-stop Covid-19 screening portal.
CGS-CIMB reiterated “add” on MyEG, with an unchanged target price of RM1.80, based on 24 times forward earnings.
When the Selangor government launched its Smart Selangor blueprint four years ago, not many realised that it was a game changer.
Being a progressive state, Selangor is poised to take its development to greater heights with this initiative, although it is impeded by slow growth as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Covid-19 pandemic may have delayed the rollout of the fifth generation (5G) of mobile networks (a crucial enabler of digitalisation) in some countries for various reasons but at the same time, it has highlighted the need to fast-forward its adoption.
At a time when “the less contact the better” is becoming a common practice, the need for the kind of high-speed high bandwidth connectivity that 5G promises has become even more crucial.