Why some Government officers become corrupt

Blog posting by LKS.I have to agree with him this time around....

Why some Government Officers become corrupt
Letters by R. Ganesh

I was utterly shocked when I read today’s NST dated 2008/12/27, article entitled “ACA officers feel ‘demoralised’ over new salary scale”. In the article, it was stated that Grade 29 officers would be offered a basic salary of RM1,482.85 and RM3,246.48 when they reached the top of the scale. “The maximum year between the basic salary and top of the scale is 22 years while the yearly increase is only RM80.17.”

Police officers in the same grade receive a basic salary of RM1,423.50 with a maximum of RM3,282.77. However, the maximum number of years getting to the top is only 18 years with a yearly increment of RM103.29, the article said. My question here is this, how do you expect an individual in power to refrain from being corrupted when he merely earns RM1500? Nowadays, one can barely survive with RM1500 if one has 3 or 4 mouths to feed at home.

After paying your housing loan, car loan, study loan, EPF, income tax, medicine and supplements, Astro bill, water bill, electric bill, insurances (health, car, home etc), education cost for your children, how does the government expect one to survive with RM1500?
Can you blame an officer if he becomes corrupt?

Those days, corruption meant satisfying your wants and desires illegally. In other words, buying your luxuries with illegally obtained money. But I think these days, people become corrupt merely to survive ie to make ends meet.

It is high time the government revise the salaries of government servants in Malaysia.Malaysia is a super rich country blessed with abundant natural resources. We are thousand times richer than Singapore with oil, palm oil, rubber, tin, iron ore, timber, natural gas, copper, bauxite, coal and even Gold!, and yet, Singapore is far more progressed, richer and first world status. Both countries also Merdeka around the same time.

Singapore has zero natural resources, so how can they be richer than us with a higher GDP than us? Even low level government servants there earn Singapore $4000 a month and you can buy loads of food for the family of four in the supermarket for one whole week for S$100.
Here, the same items in the supermarket, cost around RM400 a week to feed a family of four.
And yet, the government expects their officers to earn RM1500?

Farewell dinner n packing

It has been a very busy weeks for me n family attending various farewell dinner. No time to update my blog. Last week, Hi-Lift, our packing agency came and packs all our stuff in the house. It took them whole day and three journeys back and forth to their warehouse. I still cant believe would be leaving this country I’ve lived in for the past 4 and half years. The house now kindda empty only left with landlord’s stuff and personal belongings we wanna bring to Sweden.

Stuff in the living room

Uploading

1st trip to the warehouse

Drink n Dinner at Chew's

Dinner at Roundhouse Restaurant with Football mates

Russell with his DICK

Malaysian Ladies throwing farewell for my better half

Dinner at Daikoku, Japanese Restaurant with Jason Tan

We would be leaving Port Moresby for KL this 31st December and our flight to Stockholm on 3rd Jan 2009. 2 days rest in KL before taking on 13 hrs journey to the Land of Midnight Sun. To tell the truth, my body in PNG but my mind already in Stockholm…:)))

RMC...

Today the Star posted a news on the recruitment to enter RMC.I was there for 2 years. I'm planning to 'recruit' my 2 boys, Izkey n Danny as RMC Boy in maybe 15-16 years time. As for Sophie, Tengku Kursiah College (TKC) is the only option.
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400 teens vie for 250 places at RMC

KUALA LUMPUR: It is hard to find 15-year-olds willing to give up their PlayStations for two years but that is exactly what more than 400 applicants vying for a place at the Royal Military College (RMC) are willing to sacrifice.

These post-PMR students selected from the more than 1,000 applicants nationwide went through intense physical tests at the RMC yesterday, which included push-ups, sit-ups and running, to determine if they have what it takes to make it at the prestigious military school.

There are vacancies for 250 students at the school.

“I believe this is the best place for me to achieve my dreams and develop my talents,” said Zainal Asnawi Asyraf Zainal Abbidin, who returned on his own accord from the United States, where his father works as a diplomat at the Malaysian Embassy, just to sign up for the RMC.


More than 400 teenagers aspiring to enter the Royal Military College went through intense physical tests yesterday to see if they have what it takes to be recruits. The drills, including push-ups, seemed too much to stomach for some of the post-PMR students. Education at the college includes academics and military training.

“We will have to give up things like video games, TV and in my case, friends. But being successful isn’t easy. You have to sacrifice for it,” Zainal Asnawi said.

Education at the RMC is a combination of academics and military training with a strong focus on discipline and character building.

Prominent RMC alumni include former MCA president Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik and Akademi Fantasia host AC Mizal.