Report of The Inter-Governmental Committee, Malaysia/Public Service
27. Public Service
(1) The Federal Constitution should be modified as necessary in its application to each of the Borneo States to secure that the qualifications (including language) normally required in Malaya for candidates for appointment in each Division of the Federal Public Service may be adjusted in relation to the Borneo States so as to permit the acceptance of the qualifications in force in those States on Malaysia Day. An assurance would be given that they would be so adjusted until such time as, after consultation with the State Government, the Federal Government was satisfied that a sufficient number of candidates from that State was available with the standard qualifications under the Federal schemes of service.
(2) The Federal Constitution should provide for the establishment for a minimum period of five years of two separate branches of the Federal Public Service Commission, one in North Borneo and one in Sarawak. Each branch should have jurisdiction over members of the Federal public services in the State concerned who would otherwise be under the jurisdiction of the Federal Public Service Commission, and the provisions of Article 144 should be applied to these branches so as to give them full powers of appointment, promotion and disciplinary control over persons to whom their jurisdiction extends within the Borneo States.[1] The Federal Government should undertake that the branches of the Federal Public Service Commission would consist of the members of the respective State Public Service Commission with the addition of not more than two members of the Federal Public Service Commission designated by the Federal Government. The Chairman of a branch would be such member of the branch as may be designated by the Chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission. The Governments of the Borneo States would undertake that so long as the arrangement lasted whereby members of the State Public Service Commission were members of the branches of the Federal Public Service Commission new appointments to the State Public Service Commission would only be made after consultation with the Federal Government.
(3) Provision should be made in the appropriate constitution for an Appeals Board with neutral membership (see paragraph 23 of Annex B) to which any overseas officer entitled to compensation can appeal in the event of a disciplinary decision of a Service Commission affecting his compensation or pension. The appeal would be against the effect of the decision on the officer's compensation or pension rather than against the disciplinary decision itself.
(4) Detailed recommendations covering the Public Service generally are set out in Annex B.
- ↑ Where a regional post is established for the Borneo States, appointments to the post and disciplinary control over the holder should be vested in the branch of the Federal Public Service Commission established for the State in which the holder is normally stationed or, in the event of doubt, in whichever branch is designated by the Federal Government for this purpose.