Malaysian Postmen deliver note of gratitude

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PUTRAJAYA: One hundred postmen turned up at the Perdana Putra Building here yesterday to thank Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at his office for restructuring the salaries of postmen and postal clerks.

The new salary scheme, something which they have been waiting for 18 years, takes effect this month.

Najib, who arrived at the lobby of his office at 8.30am, was greeted by Pos Malaysia chairman Tan Sri Aseh Che Mat.

They also presented Najib with a birthday cake in conjunction with his 57th birthday.
Pos Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Syed Faisal Albar was also present.

Ahmad Radzuan Mohd Safri, 26, a postman at the Bandar Baru Bangi post office in Selangor, said they were grateful to the prime minister for the salary increase.

He said the pay restructuring had allowed postmen and postal clerks to be on the same salary scale enjoyed by their counterparts in the civil service.

This would encourage them to increase their productivity, he said.

In April, Information, Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim announced the move to restructure the salaries and allowances paid to postmen and postal clerks.

Rais had said the move was necessary because the postal workers' salary was below the poverty level.

More than 9,000 postmen and postal clerks received a salary increase of about 11 per cent under the new scheme.