A special Cabinet meeting will be convened to discuss implementing work-from-home (WFH) for civil servants. This was said by Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil at the Ministry of Communications’ monthly assembly in Putrajaya, reported Bernama.
Fahmi said, “on the government’s side, we will study the feasibility of the work-from-home arrangements, and the matter may be discussed at tomorrow’s special meeting.” “First, we will study the state of the global economy. We will look into the figures and determine what actions the government should take,” said Fahmi.
This was in response to Thailand’s decision to implement WFH arrangements for its government agencies and state enterprises to reduce energy consumption in anticipation of a possible fuel crisis due to the current conflict between US/Israel and Iran.
Fahmi added the special cabinet meeting is to enable the government to coordinate actions based on the latest economic information. He said the factors to be scrutinised are developments in Brent crude oil prices, aviation fuel costs and several other economic indicators.
“With the latest information, we will be able to align the government’s actions, including controlling and reducing unnecessary expenditure,” Fahmi said. “Decisions on measures to support MSMEs would be made after considering the overall domestic economic situation,” added Fahmi.
“We do not want to take action without understanding its impact. We do not want to stifle growth,” Fahmi added, adding that supplies of essential goods and fuel, including RON95 petrol, remain sufficient and the country is not facing any shortages.
Fahmi also said the government would ensure that micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) continue to receive support, with decisions to be made after considering the overall domestic economic situation. The crisis in West Asia crisis began on Feb 28 when the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, prompting retaliatory strikes by Iran against US interests in the region.
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Sikut sikut sudah planning WFH…
kuch kuch hota hai
why need work from home? budi95 RM1.99 petrol is cheaper now than petrol in saudi arabia, so all malaysians can even afford to drive to work eight days a week.
it will be beneficial to everyone if civil workers are allowed to WFH. meaning less traffic on the road for everyone else too
Good job.
Energy crisis mitigation via cutting down power consumption. Large building lightings and cooling via centralised HVAC draws lots of electricity.
Type M under no supervision no working
How will secure and sensitive data be managed at home?
Another aspect to consider,
even if the matter of data privacy can be adequately addressed,
how much will it cost the government to provide secure network to government servers? What additional technologies and equipment need to be tendered and procured?
Hopefully the USA/Israel problem might be over before then?
So nice already getting paid higher now can get the work from home from the ever low productivity despite having the highest personnel compared to other countries.