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Civil Service Must Endeavor to
Make Success of E-government
(Excerpt of speech of the Chief Minister, YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud
during the presentation of excellent service awards to members of the
State Civil Service on December 9,2006)
I should be able to enjoy more
n this connection, civil servants
discretion to be equipped with in-
depth knowledge on their speciic
functions. Members of the civil service
must endeavor to make the best efforts to
make the E-government a great success. We
have created something special about the
State civil service because of the strength
in planning, the ability to maintain a very
sound inancial position and the setting
up of e-government in the system, which
starts from the district and moves to the
centre.”
I was born in the generation where the
word computer was mentioned in a very
rare fashion among my contemporaries. But
today computers are invading every ofice
and spreading to more and more schools.
Indisputably, our administration has better
reach in terms of ideas and oficial control
through the creation of E-government. Personally, I am working very hard
to ensure, before I retire from the government, that we get higher internet
penetration in our society than the present 5% now.
The concept of e-government has enabled us to have wider reach in term of
exchange of ideas and install some kind of control over the functions of government
in a more intelligent fashion. It represents a concrete step forward in the preparation
for a knowledge society or k-society. In this connection, civil servants should be able
to enjoy more discretion to be equipped with in-depth knowledge on their speciic
functions.
Members of the civil service must endeavor to make the best efforts to make
the E-government a great success.
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Civil Service Must Endeavor to
Make Success of E-government
(Excerpt of speech of the Chief Minister, YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud
during the presentation of excellent service awards to members of the
State Civil Service on December 9,2006)
I should be able to enjoy more
n this connection, civil servants
discretion to be equipped with in-
depth knowledge on their speciic
functions. Members of the civil service
must endeavor to make the best efforts to
make the E-government a great success. We
have created something special about the
State civil service because of the strength
in planning, the ability to maintain a very
sound inancial position and the setting
up of e-government in the system, which
starts from the district and moves to the
centre.”
I was born in the generation where the
word computer was mentioned in a very
rare fashion among my contemporaries. But
today computers are invading every ofice
and spreading to more and more schools.
Indisputably, our administration has better
reach in terms of ideas and oficial control
through the creation of E-government. Personally, I am working very hard
to ensure, before I retire from the government, that we get higher internet
penetration in our society than the present 5% now.
The concept of e-government has enabled us to have wider reach in term of
exchange of ideas and install some kind of control over the functions of government
in a more intelligent fashion. It represents a concrete step forward in the preparation
for a knowledge society or k-society. In this connection, civil servants should be able
to enjoy more discretion to be equipped with in-depth knowledge on their speciic
functions.
Members of the civil service must endeavor to make the best efforts to make
the E-government a great success.
62 DEVELOPMENT SYNERGY
