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Quite obviously, continuous efforts are being made to upgrade the government A culture of professionalism and integrity
machinery with the primary objective to improve eficiency and the overall quality means that civil servants must complete
their tasks within the timeframe and the
of service in the State civil service. When I irst came back to the State 25 years budget set and with quality results. As such,
ago I had to impress upon members of the State Civil service the importance of it is a must that civil servants, especially
knowing the difference between status quo administration, which we inherited heads of departments, go on the ground to
from the Colonial government and the development administration of today. inspect, monitor and ensure that projects
I am very grateful to the leaders and oficers of the Sarawak Civil Service are carried out as eficiently and as cost-
for their strong support to efforts to raise the standard of good governance in effectively as possible. It is the norm for
the State Secretary and his team of senior
the Civil service. A number of government departments and agencies have been oficers to make regular site visits to be
reorganized or revamped with the check and balance system being installed in on top of situations and conditions on the
every government agency to ensure that they spend the government’s money ground, and thus address the concerns of
according to the inancial regulation and procedures. the staff as well as the people with a sense
of urgency and immediacy.
Financial Autonomy subject to Scrutiny
Now we are in the process of installing the internal audit system primarily to
monitor the central inancial position all the time. We want to have the position
of inancial autonomy that can be scrutinised not only by the government, state
assembly and parliament, through the Auditor-General and Public Accounts
Committee, but also the rating agencies. Thus far established rating agencies,
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machinery with the primary objective to improve eficiency and the overall quality means that civil servants must complete
their tasks within the timeframe and the
of service in the State civil service. When I irst came back to the State 25 years budget set and with quality results. As such,
ago I had to impress upon members of the State Civil service the importance of it is a must that civil servants, especially
knowing the difference between status quo administration, which we inherited heads of departments, go on the ground to
from the Colonial government and the development administration of today. inspect, monitor and ensure that projects
I am very grateful to the leaders and oficers of the Sarawak Civil Service are carried out as eficiently and as cost-
for their strong support to efforts to raise the standard of good governance in effectively as possible. It is the norm for
the State Secretary and his team of senior
the Civil service. A number of government departments and agencies have been oficers to make regular site visits to be
reorganized or revamped with the check and balance system being installed in on top of situations and conditions on the
every government agency to ensure that they spend the government’s money ground, and thus address the concerns of
according to the inancial regulation and procedures. the staff as well as the people with a sense
of urgency and immediacy.
Financial Autonomy subject to Scrutiny
Now we are in the process of installing the internal audit system primarily to
monitor the central inancial position all the time. We want to have the position
of inancial autonomy that can be scrutinised not only by the government, state
assembly and parliament, through the Auditor-General and Public Accounts
Committee, but also the rating agencies. Thus far established rating agencies,
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