Title: Pengukuhan Perkhidmatan Awam
1Pengukuhan Perkhidmatan Awam Institusi
Berintegriti Langkah ke Hadapan
Konvensyen Integriti Nasional 2008
- Tan Sri Datuk Yong Poh Kon
- Pengerusi Bersama PEMUDAH
- 7 November 2008
2Good Governance Basis for Sustainable
Development
- Good governance combination of transparent and
accountable institutions strong skills and
competence and a fundamental willingness to do
the right thing - Paul Wolfowitz WB President
- Good governance is strongly linked to the need
to maintain Malaysias competitiveness in the
face of increasing global pressures. For a small
country like Malaysia the perception of
corruption or inefficiency is something that we
simply cannot afford - Hon. PM of Malaysia
- WB research Corruption can lower a countrys GDP
by 2-4 per annum imposes a 20 tax on foreign
investors
3Significance of the Civil Service
- Directly/indirectly manages a large percentage of
national resources controls spends resources
equivalent to 1/3 of GDP and about 2/3 of GDP if
NFPEs are included - Emolument costs to the Government 24 of Federal
Government Expenditure or about 7 of GDP in 2008 - Impacts on all aspects of the economic and social
life of the citizen/nation - Plays a key role in national competitiveness and
sustainability of development
4Careful management of national resources
significantly enhances development
sustainability..
- 2008
- Federal Government Total Expenditure RM200
billion - Government Procurement Estimate RM80
billion - Expenditure on Supplies and Services RM27
billion - Expenditure on Development RM53 billion
- Careful Spending can save estimated 15 RM12
billion - E-bidding saves an estimated 20 - 30
RM16-RM24 billion - Include state local governments est. savings
of RM13 billion or RM17 - RM26 billion with
e-bidding
5Savings per annum is very significant
- Compare estimated savings of RM16 - RM24 billion
per annum with - Internal Security allocation in 2008
RM7.5 billion - ACA budget in 2007 RM148
million - Health in 2008 RM10.8 billion
- Penang Second Bridge estimated cost RM4.8
billion - 6600 units of low cost houses in 2009
Budget RM330 mil -
- So much more can be done... without increasing
tax burden e.g. GST RM10 bil with careful
management and integrity/good governance
6ACA given more bite
- Welcome the PMs announcement at the first ASEAN
Integrity Dialogue in April 2008 to make the ACA
more independent - Establishment of an independent Corruption
Prevention Advisory Board of prominent and
upstanding members of the community - Increase ACA staff to 5000 from the current
2000 Budget Allocations increased from RM71 mil
in 2004 to RM148 mil in 2007 - ACA to submit report to Parliamentary Committee
on the Prevention of Corruption that will be
established
7The Hong Kong Experience is a Learning Experience
for Malaysia
- In 60s corruption rife in Hong Kong
- In 1974 ICAC established
- Multi-pronged Approach
- Enforcement
- Corruption prevention
- Community relations
8Progress of ICAC over the last 30 years
- Non Anonymous Complainant
- Anonymous Complainant
9Progress of ICAC over the last 30 years
Corruption Complaints - Government
Private Sector
10Statistics on Corruption(2000 - 2006)
77.2
10.1
29.2
4.1
1.8
11.3
0.7
1 ACA Statistics 2 ICAC Annual Reports
11The Hong Kong Experience Progress Built
Confidence
- 77 cases reported investigated
- 29 will end up in arrests
12ACA Improving Statistics
13ACA will receive increasing support Public
support for ICAC
2007 ()
1993 ()
83.7
36.7
Would not tolerate corruption
Would not tolerate private sector corruption
89.0
55.4
64.7
54.4
Willing to report
99.0
98.0
Confidence in ICAC
14Improvements but is it enough
- World Bank Doing Business Report
- - Malaysia moved from 24 in 2007/8 to 20 in
2008/2009 - - Thailand moved 6 ranks from 19th to 13th
- Competition is snapping at our heels
- Transparency International Index for Malaysia
- - Ranking from 39 in 2005 to 47 in 2008
- Civil service effectiveness transparency
accountability and integrity no longer an option. - - Thailands bureaucratic reforms (regulatory
legal divestiture and transformation) improved
efficiency effectiveness and accountability of
the civil service
15Higher Expectations by Citizensof the Civil
Service
- World class and attracts the best
- Cognizant of challenges facing the economy and
citizen expectations - Customer-centric and focused on fair and
equitable outcomes - Committed to high ethical standards of honesty
integrity impartiality - Accountable for actions/decisions and trusted to
act in public interest - Consultative and open to stakeholder views
tolerant of public debate - Committed to acting efficiently effectively and
in timely manner - Provides a transparent and predictable
regulatory environment - Provide objective evidence-based advice to
government without fear or favour
16Moving Forward
- More representative and inclusive civil service
that reflects customers it serves - Attract and retain the best
- Outcome and not process-based
- True business partnership with the business
sector oneness of purpose and a shared sense of
direction - Ministries/departments needs to move away from
silos to cross-functional teams - Enhance professionalism and self esteem/image of
civil servants as they serve citizens without
fear or favour - Transform and re-engineer the civil service
continually from within departments/Ministries
17Moving Forward
- Much has been achieved 18 months of PEMUDAH
interactions has shown readiness and commitment
to change - Impressed with the efficient and conscientious
senior civil servants and openness to
consultation and debate on the way forward - As civil service progresses re-invents itself
and builds on the highest of ethical standards
befitting of the civil service the image of the
civil service will further improve in a
corruption-free environment - Moving forward has begun BUT it needs the
commitment of every civil servant to make a BIG
difference
