The Malaysia Government is expected to make an announcement soon on the extension in the retirement age for civil servants from 56 to 58 or 60.
"Based on the feedback received, the Public Service Department (JPA) has already agreed, whether it's 58 years or 60 years, it is up to the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and we hope the Prime Minister will announce it soon or make the announcement when tabling the 2008 Budget," Cuepacs President Omar Osman told the reporters.
Meanwhile, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) felt that the extension of the civil servants’ retirement age to 60 should have been implemented much earlier. Its president Syed Shahir Syed Mohamud said this had been MTUC’s request for more than two years. He said Abdullah “was not sensitive enough to MTUC’s requests” previously.
“If we compare ourselves to our neighbouring countries such as Singapore, India, the Philippines and others, we are in fact behind them in this aspect. “The retirement ages in these countries are from 60 to 65, and we are only now extending it to 60,” he said.
In November this year, the Government had decided to spend RM9 billion, including an additional RM1.3 billion allocation, to implement the new pension and retirement policy for next year.
Starting from Jan 1, the government will pay the benefits to 141,000 pensioners and those entitled to them, adding that this was made possible through a saving of RM1.9 billion by extending the retirement age to 58.
"About 15,000 civil servants are not expected to retire next year. The saving is from their pension and gratuity," Post-Services Division director Datuk Yeow Chin Kiong said.
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Age of Malaysia contract teachers
Malaysia government has agreed to extend the age for the appointment of contract teachers for English language, Science, Mathematics, Chinese and Tamil languages to 65 effective next year. The original retirement age for contract teacher for English language, Science, Mathematics, Chinese and Tamil languages was used to be 56, but then extended to 60 years of age.
Education Minister Tan Sri Musa Mohamad said the State Education Departments had been directed to identify teachers who had exceeded the age of 60 and were certified healthy who were keen to teach. This means that teachers of English, Science, Mathematics, Chinese and Tamil language subjects can still be appointed, although they have exceeded the age of 60.
The appointment of contract teachers previously was subject to a maximum age of 60. Musa said the Education Ministry was aware of the shortage of teachers especially for English language, Science and Mathematics in both the primary and secondary schools. The appointment of these contract teachers will, to a certain extent, help the schools to get experienced teachers to teach critical subjects such as English language, Science and Mathematics, he said.
National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) secretary-general Lok Yim Pheng said the union was pleased that the Government had agreed to five of the six demands by Cuepacs.“There is a lot of good news for teachers such as the extension of the retirement age,” she said.
Musa also thanked the Public Service Department for agreeing to relax the age limit for the appointment of these contract teachers.
Education Minister Tan Sri Musa Mohamad said the State Education Departments had been directed to identify teachers who had exceeded the age of 60 and were certified healthy who were keen to teach. This means that teachers of English, Science, Mathematics, Chinese and Tamil language subjects can still be appointed, although they have exceeded the age of 60.
The appointment of contract teachers previously was subject to a maximum age of 60. Musa said the Education Ministry was aware of the shortage of teachers especially for English language, Science and Mathematics in both the primary and secondary schools. The appointment of these contract teachers will, to a certain extent, help the schools to get experienced teachers to teach critical subjects such as English language, Science and Mathematics, he said.
National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) secretary-general Lok Yim Pheng said the union was pleased that the Government had agreed to five of the six demands by Cuepacs.“There is a lot of good news for teachers such as the extension of the retirement age,” she said.
Musa also thanked the Public Service Department for agreeing to relax the age limit for the appointment of these contract teachers.
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