TEMERLOH – The government is considering giving special leave to civil servants involved in voluntary post-flood cleaning work, said Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali.
He said the special leave was to enable more civil servants to assist in cleaning operations following the floods, especially in badly affected areas that required more manpower for the task.
“Many (civil servants) wish to be volunteers to help the flood victims but in some cases, they don’t have a suitable channel to do so, besides being subjected to the regulations like not being allowed to go out during office hours.”
Zuki said this after handing out Bantuan Wang Ihsan to 132 household heads affected by the disaster at the flood relief centre in SMK Sri Tualang here, today.
Also present were Pahang police chief Datuk Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf and state Tourism, Culture, Environment, Plantations and Commodities chairman Mohd Sharkar Shamsuddin.
Zuki said the special leave would be the same as that announced by Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa yesterday regarding unrecorded leave given to the ministry’s and its agencies’ workers who became volunteers under the ministry’s “Assist Until Completion” programme. – Bernama, December 28, 2021
