WILSON HAPPY WITH CIVIL SERVICE LEVEL OF INTEGRITY

Kuching: State Secretary, Datuk Amar Wilson Baya Dandot yesterday expressed his satisfaction with the State’s civil service level of integrity.

Speaking to reporters after the launching of the Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) Integrity Day 2007 at Holiday Inn Kuching here, Wilson urged civil service servants to take up challenges in order to excel in their objectives.

“We should work harder on our efforts to improve ourselves. Thus from there on, civil servants will be more competitive in a world filled with thousands of challenges,” he said.

He added integrity should be implemented through a creative and innovative approach for any programme or seminar.

“One seminar or programme will not resolve anything and this must be done creatively to ensure results and effectiveness,” Wilson added.

TALIB: WE WILL NOT BE COMPLACENT

Meanwhile, according to Talib, SEDC has put in place a very sound control mechanism in the way it manage its businesses.

However, he also said that was undeniable that there were ‘trouble spots’ here and there in the mechanism.

“But we would like to assure that we will not be complacent, but continue to ‘weed out’ the bad apples (so to speak),” said Talib.

“Our Control and Monitoring Mechanism Systems are working in tandem with the procedures that we have put in place,” Talib said.

He said SEDC had long been adopting integrity as its corporate work culture and that it launched its first campaign in1996.

To reinforce integrity as the corporation’s work culture, SEDC has carried out various initiatives such as campaigns and activities relating to Corporate Governance and Integrity.

These include adoption of core processes distilled from the best corporate practices, quality, integrity and prevention of wastages campaigns, revision of the client charter, review of payment systems and installation in 1994 of monitoring system.

Later at the function, a total of 23 SEDC employees were given awards for their commitment and sincerity while performing their duties within the corporation group of companies.

The awards were presented by Wilson, witnessed by Talib and other invited guests.

Also present at the ceremony were SEDC Chairman Datuk Talib Zulpilip, Samariang Assemblywoman Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali, Speaker Tunku Abdul Aziz bin Tunku Ibrahim and heads of departments and agencies.

Taken from: Eastern Times, 4/12/2007