KOTA KINABALU – Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Mohd Noor today urged civil servants to galvanise initiatives to transform the public sector to ensure the success of the state’s development agenda.
In a statement today, he stressed on the need to always be on the lookout and carry out transformation programmes to empower the civil service.
“This will ensure we have the best team that keeps abreast with the current needs,” he said.
“Among the priorities are bolstering integrity and professionalism among civil servants, enhancing the government delivery system, encouraging a productive work culture, innovation and creativity, as well as creating a strategic communication mechanism so that all government policies can be heard, seen and felt by the rakyat,” he added.
Hajiji had earlier addressed a state civil service assembly at the Sabah International Convention Centre here today.
In his speech, he said the state is currently undertaking the development of three data hubs – a People Hub, Business Hub and Geo Hub under the Data Integration and Interchange Platform (DIIP).
The DIIP is a data-sharing platform that facilitates government-to-government, government-to-business and government-to-citizen data sharing, which had paved the way for the creation of the Sabah Digital Marketplace to spur the growth of people-orientated businesses.
Hajiji also complimented the civil service for being awarded with the Regulatory Champion Award as the Most Active State in GRP Implementation from the Malaysia Productivity Corporation during the 2021 Good Regulatory Practice National Conference.
Under the SMJ 1.0 development plan (2021-2025), a 136-acre land has been allocated in Papar district for the development of civil service housing.
He also fully supported the State Public Service Department’s initiative to introduce the High Performing Organisational Happiness Index, a study being conducted in collaboration with researchers from Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
“Results from the study are crucial in formulating suitable strategies to transform the public service,” he said. – The Vibes, January 25, 2022
