Chinese, Indians ... and the Civil Service

I always read in the papers that the non Bumis are not interested to work in the civil service; so much so that apparently the Public Services Commision is going to carry out a scientific study to find out the reasons.

Aiya! No need to waste money on the study. Anyone can tell you that, the non-Bumis don't seem to apply because

1. They know they don't stand a chance of making it through the interview.
2. Career advancement is hard to come by. So unless they are willing to forgo that...and remain in the same position for upteen years...there's no point
3. The role of Little Napoleans in ensuring that non-Bumis don't move up...skewed everything.
4. We're stuck in a system where race is everything, ketuanan Melayu is ingrained by UMNO and endorsed by MCA, MIC, Gerakan who also want to make sure that they remain in power.....divide and rule. So they shackle the minds of the people cos they know that liberation of the mind will also open eyes. All these parties need to go through a refresher course in nilai-nilai moral. Walk into any gahmen agencies...they are all almost single race now. Malaysia may have about 40% non Malays but the civil service certainly looks 90% Malay.
   
5. We're in a system where mediocrity or sub-standard performance is tolerated, even lauded...as long as you are of the right race... such is the sad state that we've allowed ourselves to evolved into.
   
6. And the last, just an insidious thought...the applications put in...they might not have gotten a second look.
   

I got this data from Malaysiakini

But then he (PSC secretary) mentioned that Chinese applicants had rose from 12,875 last year to 15,415 from January this year to September. During the same period this year, the number of applicants from Indians stand at 24,491, as compared to 18,533 last year.

Lamien also noted an increase in the applications from Sabahans from 49,079 last year to 57,177 so far this year. As a whole, Lamien said that the PSC has received a total of 917,111 applications this year compared to 760,840 for the whole of last year.

Actually there is no increase in the Chinese applicants. Chinese applicants rose by 20% which was in tandem with the overall increase which also stood at around 20%. The Indians saw a slightly higher increase of 32%...probably due to the awareness after all the Hindraf thingy. Apparently, hearsay reports stated that there was also an increase in the intake of Indians into the civil service. So Hindraf did some good here. But we do not need things like Hindraf to raise such awareness....it should come from within ourselves to do what is right and good. Sometimes I feel ashamed that we have Pendidikan Islam and Pendidikan Moral as subjects in school. At the end of the day, we ourselves don't seem to be doing to the right things. As for the Sabahans...the percentage of increase was 16%, which means that their rise was not in tandem to the overall rise.

So there is an increase in applicants...... population increase, graduates who cannot find jobs elsewhere.....but when we work out the percentage, there is actually not much change. Perception of the Chinese remains. The Indians are more hopeful that the gahmen will look into their grouses and have started applying. The Sabahans... they are losing faith???