SSPA applications won’t be reopened

CYBERJAYA, Dec 21 — No second chances or time extensions will be granted to civil servants who failed to sign the Public Service Remuneration System (SSPA) option, which closed November 30, said Public Service Department director-general Tan Sri Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz.

He said the government had provided a reasonable period, from October 21 to November 30, for civil servants to decide between the SSPA or the Malaysian Remuneration System.

“Once the stipulated period had passed, there was no longer an opportunity for them to make a choice. Therefore, they will have to remain in their existing system of choice.

“The number who did not choose the SSPA option is very small. In my opinion, this is unavoidable because, in any decision-making process, some accept and some don’t; this is normal,” he said, adding that no action would be taken against those who did not opt in for the SSPA.

He said this to Bernama and RTM when appearing as a guest at the staging of the Public Service Theatre production Lara Wirang at the Dewan Tun Canselor, Multimedia University, here today.

It was reported that only 0.13 per cent, or 1,400, of the 1.5 million civil servants in the country did not choose the SSPA option.

Wan Dahlan also expressed his thanks for civil servants who had chosen the SSPA, noting they had received their first pay increment on Thursday after adjustments under the SSPA.

“This proves what Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said earlier has been fulfilled,” he said.

— Bernama