New salary Scheme for PDRM

So our men in blue will get new salary scheme. I have a better suggestion, it'll involve more money but I think it will be worth it. It will definitely create a better police force.

My suggestion as follow:

Lance Corporal basic requirement will be Diploma and salary starts at RM2500.00 (it's higher than a Degree graduate starting salary)

A Sergeant basic requirement will be 2nd class Degree and salary starts at RM3500.00

An Inspector basic requirement will be 1st class Degree (preferably 4.0) and salary starts at RM4500.00

An Assistant Superintendant (ASP) basic requirement will be a Master Degree and salary starts at RM6000.00. An ASP with PhD starts with RM8000.00.

Other than that there will be a Physical Incentive which can be accumulated, given monthly as follow:

If you maintain ideal BMI, you'll get an extra RM200.00 monthly (test every quarterly)

If you can sprint 100 m under 11 seconds (male)/ 12 seconds (female), you'll get an extra RM500.00 monthly. (test every quarterly)

If you can run a full marathon (42km) under 2 hr 15 min (male)/2 hr 45 min (female), you'll get an extra RM500.00 monthly. (test every quarterly)

If you can hit bulls eye 18 out of 20 shots standing still, you'll get an extra RM200.00 (test every quarterly)

If you can hit bulls eye 14 out of 20 shots while running, you'll get an extra RM1000.00 (test every quarterly)

IT means that a starting Lance Corporal that can do all the Physical Test can get a starting pay of RM4900.00. While a starting ASP with PhD can get up to RM10,400.00. Getting a Physical Incentive will require you to do beat work 50% of your working time.

How about that, eh?!

COP 15: Will we be able to change the course of history?

Currently the COP 15 is meeting in Copenhagen to agree on a formula to replace the Kyoto Protocol. I sincerely wish that the leaders of the world set a greater GHG reduction target (along with CO2) compared with the KP. We also need a bigger financial commitment from the developed countries to help the least developed and developing countries to achieve this new target.

A major push should be to replant forest in Brazil, West Africa, especially the Sub-Saharan states, China (to hold the Gobi from expending). The developed countries should also invest in countries that keeps the percentage of their forest un-touch.

But the funny thing is, since early this year, countries around the world started seriously planning for this conference and having a public dialog about their national targets for the conference. But here in Malaysia there is not a lot of hype about the COP 15. We don't even know what the Government stands on the matter at all. What are the Government (along with our "excellent" Parliamentarians) doing about it?

Public Policy: Initial Structure

Well it seems that we have a lot of new changes since the new PM taken control of things. There are some that I like and some that can be better. But the more important point is the implementation of all the policies.

Well I think it is time for me to lay down some of the policies that I would to see implemented and if given the opportunity to implement myself..haha..

1) A smaller Cabinet.

I have said this before, and I will say it again. A smaller Cabinet will make decision making much easier and faster. I think I remember writing my line of Cabinet, but I'll change it like this.

i) Prime Minister
ii) Deputy Prime Minister
iii) Minister of Internal Affair
iv) Minister of Foreign Affair
v) Minister of Defense
vi) Minister of Health
vii) Minister of Education
viii)Minister of Trade
ix) Minister of Agriculture
x) Minister of Environment
xii) Minister of Public Works
xiii)Minister of Finance

I'll go through each one in later post

2) A smaller government budget

The government have been running the country in a deficit for more than 10 years. It's time to reduce unnecessary spending. I would like to see a balance budget within 3 years and a surplus budget within 5 years.

How to do it? The Minister of Finance will personally go through each programmes planned by each federal government ministries and agencies. I foresee that it will take roughly 4 months to go through each programmes. And at the end of it the Minister will come up with a plan to reduce spending to zero deficit within 3 years.

3) A smaller Executive/central government

We are actually getting bigger by the day. There's currently 1.2 mil civil servant running the show. And we are taking more contract workers also. With the restructuring of the Cabinet above, there would now be smaller central government. The function of sports, youth and culture now falls under State and local councils. The function of information and communication falls under the regulator which is MCMC.

A lot of the previous functions of central governments will be taken over by a Regulator or Councils that will be overseen by a Parliamentary Sub Committee.

4) Greater power to the Legislator and Judiciary.

More power for the legislator to oversee the Executive by creating more sub-committee to look into the affairs of each minister.

All legislation that give final say to the minister shall be amended and all decisions can be reviewed by the Judiciary.

That would be my first 4 policy that I want to see implemented.