All 800-plus SPAD personnel to be absorbed into JPJ

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All 800-plus SPAD personnel to be absorbed into JPJ

The transport ministry says that all 800 or so Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) personnel will be transferred to the Road Transport Department (JPJ) following the decision by the government to disband the commission, The Star reports.

Transport minister Anthony Loke assured SPAD staff that they will not be dismissed from service. “We have 1,000 vacant positions in JPJ which were frozen for new intakes, and we have decided to take in all the SPAD staff to fill these spots. Any overlapping will be reviewed and decided on later,” he told reporters.

The commission – which was under the the purview of the prime minister’s department – plans, regulates and enforces all matters relating to land public transport in Peninsular Malaysia, according to its website. It was founded in 2010.

With the shutting down of SPAD, its functions will now return under the purview of the transport ministry.

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  • j0hn on May 24, 2018 at 3:43 pm

    kopi-o never taste this sweet again! ooo wai!

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    • Michael Ohwai on May 24, 2018 at 5:31 pm

      I dont see why they should be absorbed. The whole purpose many departments have been bubarkan is because the Government is trying to save money to repay the 1 trillion debt left by the previous Government.

      These 800 workers should be like all of us, just start applying for new jobs. All of us have been laid off in the private sector and yet, we go the next day applying for jobs.

      I don’t see why all the departments that kena bubar….their workers are so special that other departments must absorb them.

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      • Jimmy on May 24, 2018 at 9:58 pm

        If they are not needed, they are not needed.
        No tong kats.

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        • john on May 25, 2018 at 10:30 am

          Also trim police, bomba, teachers, doctors, nurses etc. All not needed, right?

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          • Tido oh tido on May 26, 2018 at 3:19 am

            Normal lah basher, semua benda tak betul. Basher must go to see psychiatrist to check their brain

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          • Kmrzmn on May 26, 2018 at 5:40 pm

            Biasa lah pembangkang baru. Tau kondem, tau bash jer. Semua tak betul

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  • lilytan on May 24, 2018 at 5:34 pm

    How do you absorb those with fat paycheck beyond government payscale?

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    • rightwinger on May 25, 2018 at 8:44 am

      like who ah? care to give example instead of just aluding to such thing existing?

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  • Roc on May 26, 2018 at 5:38 pm

    Always wondered why the govt always needed 2 or 3 agencies to do one job. This downsizing move will be painful now but necessary in the long run.

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