Civil service commission insists no racism in recruitment

Malaysiakini : The Public Services Commission of Malaysia (PSC) has stressed that there is no racial discrimination in the recruitment of civil servants in the country and that Malaysian citizens have equal opportunity to be considered in open and fair competition.

PSC said in a statement that the method of appointing civil servants is transparent and based on the candidate’s merit and competence, adding that no quota was set for any particular race or ethnicity.

“Interested and qualified candidates can apply for positions online through the PSC Job Registration System and those who meet the service scheme appointment requirements for vacant positions will be called to sit for the Public Service Entrance Exam.

“Candidates who pass the exam will go through the next level of screening such as the Physical, Sensory and Fitness Tests or the National Physical Fitness Test, Profession Assessment Centre and an interview before being appointed,” it said, adding that candidates will be screened by a panel of certified and trained assessors who will objectively determine the physical ability, performance and potential of each individual.

MS : The Ketuanan composition of the commission says it all. Any wonder they see no racism at all? From the Official Portal Public Services Commission of Malaysia : 

YBhg. Tan Sri Dato' Seri Utama Zainal Rahim bin Seman Chairman

YBhg. Datuk Ikhbal Hanam bin Mukras Secretary

Puan Sharenawane binti Hussin Deputy Secretary Recruitment

YBrs. Dr. Zurina binti Abdul Hamid Deputy Secretary Services

Asfah binti Asmara Under Secretary of Recruitment Division

Ali Sadikin bin Sadin Under Secretary of Special Recruitment Division

Khalid bin Ahmad Dahlan Under Secretary of Competency Assessment Division

Md. Anuar bin Bidin Under Secretary of Digital and Informatics Division

Mohd Badrie bin Abd Rahim Under Secretary of Service Division

Norazian binti Kamaruddin Under Secretary of Promotional and Disciplinary Division

Mohammad Azhari bin Salleh Under Secretary of Management Services Division

Ismawati binti Ibrahim Under Secretary of Policy and Corporate Communications Division

Mohammad Nasrol bin Mat Nasir Under Secretary of Judicial and Legal Service Commission Secretariat

Wan Zulhazmi bin Wan Yusof Under Secretary of Meeting Secretariat Division

Ervinah Kebahi @ Syarafina binti Ibrahim Under Secretary of Sabah Secretariat

Suriani binti Saruji Under Secretary of Sarawak Secretariat

Salwa binti Mhd Asrar Legal Advisory

Norhaslily binti Che Ghani Public Relation Officer

Muhammad Zaim bin Mohd Zuki Integrity Officer

Editor : With the above, their denial is "standing on thin ice!!!"

Koel : Stop the BS, PSC. Have some integrity. Dont judge the public intelligence by your own internal levels of low IQ. This is similar to public unis claiming there is no quotas for admissions when in reality they favour students with easy scoring matric grades instead of the more rigorous stpm - there is no equivalence.

And if as you say this is being done by machines, you seem to have some uniquely racist AI - written by whom? What an achievement! All this shows is how worryingly blatant and casual racist measures are becoming. Such open and uncaring lies being uttered to the people whose taxes are used to pay this commission's salaries. Shamelessness personified!

Anak Perak : Please lah stop insulting the intelligence of the rakyat but you are only insulting your own intelligence by being defensive.

apanama is back : Send this to Saudara Reformasi at Turkiye and cc to Ramasamy. "Buat tak tau?"

BlueFalcon0709 : Stop all this nonsesne please. This reply looks like a written script to cover themselves to make people believe their story.

If you have the guts please release the statistics for last year showing available positions, number of applicants according to race and those successful according to race .

Of course not forgetting number called for interview according to race. You berani tak then we talk...Dont just give press statement only...one must justify la.... tunjuk la bukti

ScallopEatMcD : PSC can continue with its cock and bull story but the fact remains, that 95% public servants are MM. You check any school /university, the major top scorers are NM, they are much intelligent than the liars, how can they lose out in interviews, exams, performance for PSC job?

To begin with, how many % NM in PSC? You can tell my dog, he won't believe you either. The only way to balance out the racial composition in public service is to have protection for minority, a quota of 60% MM and 40% NM. Start with PSC!

Siva1967 : “PSC said in a statement that the method of appointing civil servants is transparent and based on the candidate’s merit and competence, adding that no quota was set for any particular race or ethnicity.”

The PSC expects the public to believe this? Please for heaven sake, ‘Jangan Menegakan Benang Yang Basah’ It is in clear sight that the hiring and the promotion within the civil service, including enforcement agencies is skewed racially.

There is no need for extensive, data capturing. There is no need for lengthy random surveys to be carried out. A mere visual observation is enough to ascertain that only a single ethnic dominates the public sector and a than a few “dots” of other ethnics are “hired” as an eye wash and to chest thump that Malaysia is a multi-racial country and gives all is citizens equal opportunity and so on.

The statement issued is utter rubbish. My peers and I of the same generation had lost out tremendously simply due to the skewed unwritten policy. We lost not because we were not qualified, we lost not because were not able to convers fluently in Malay.

In fact, the opposite is more accurate. Upon completing our Form 6 in 1986, After obtaining the STPM results in early 1987, I relentlessly tried to secure a job and coming from a family of 90% government servant, the obvious path for me was the civil service.

This was due to the fact I had made the cut for public university and my retired JKR(PWD) dad had no money to send me for private education. My applications were sent to DBKL, LHDN, Police, Armed Forces, Ministry of Health for Medical Assistant application, Bomba, Perhilitan, and what not.

There were no responses from any of these agencies nor a letter of acknowledge receipt of my applications. However, my Malay peers, who indecently had lesser qualifications and results than I and did not make it to either Form 6 nor to the many Malay dominated ITMs and Matriculation courses, landed jobs in some of the abovementioned agencies.

In 1987-88, the conversations in our regular evening football sessions were, Hey Zal (Faizal) mana kau kerja sekarang? Oh, aku kat LHDN. Hey Mat (Ahmad), mana kau sekarang? Aku kat DBKL, Penguatkuasa. And then they too would pose the same question back to me;

Hey Siva, kau buat apa? Aku masih cari kerjalah, belum dapat apa-apa lagi. Mungkin I gi Australia petik epal (apple) kot. This is how my generation had it in the early years of our lives. So please don’t try to hoodwink the public and say PSC did not discriminate in their hiring process.

GOD Bless Malaysia : What a glorified BS from PSC. RAKYAT are not blind and neither stupid not to know that there is so much racism in public services. 95% are of one ethnicity and almost all top govt. posts are held by one ethnicity. And this PSC has the chic to say hiring is based on meritocracy, my foot!!!!

Geram : PSC, just open your eyes when you walk around the government departments. You buta atau bodoh sangat? When one pass through immigration. Not even one Chinese Or Indian on sight. Mamak maybe lah.

Aisyalam : They have mastered the art of racism to the extent they can see nothing wrong and can even justify the more than 90% of one race.

MS : And the fake reformasi scamster now in Turkiye says he sees nothing wrong...not an issue...nothing to reform.

Jesus Talks : The statement by the PSC is blatantly false. The Civil and Legal Service have been 'Malay' centric since Mahathir started his 'isi penuh' campaign in the early 80's, to fill Ministries with graduates holding Malay Study degrees (most of whom unfortunately did not have an education to merit employment in the Private Sector) and the NEP continually ensured all Federal Scholars (think 'Malay' again), were given full scholarships, for studies abroad or locally (and they could not be denied a place if they met the minima in qualifications in the HSC (one principal and one subsidiary subject).

The Legal Service was also only taking in 'Malays' and the quota system for elevation to the Judiciary then began to recognize the over whelming size of the Malay lawyers in the AG's chambers. The consequences of these policies have now come to roost. We should thank the Penang Deputy Chief Minister 11, for speaking truth to power.

241122 : Sarawakians will tell you how the natives have been sidelined in the civil service for decades. Top and executive positions mostly filled up by orang semenanjung. Why Sarawakians not qualified ka? And PAS dare to challenge them about their rights?

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