JOHOR BARU: A PKR MP has warned Pakatan Harapan that its image as the government has been tarnished following its decision to cut the Critical Service Incentive Allowance for new appointments beginning Jan 1. Hassan Abdul Karim, who is the Pasir Gudang MP, said the allowance was introduced during the Barisan Nasional administration and that revoking it now would see a backlash against Pakatan. "If the previous government was able to do it, then why Pakatan, as the new government, is proposing to do away with the allowance? "Civil servants such as doctors and nurses working in government hospitals eserve the allowance as they are working round the clock daily and their tasks are risky as well," he said. Among those affected are medical officers, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, engineers, air traffic controllers, architects, marine architects, legal officers, agricultural officers, vocational training officers, marine officers and research officers.

Source: thestar December 27, 2019 06:22 UTC