The Mirror, Vol. 14, No. 665
“Phnom Penh: The third nationwide census on civil servants is scheduled to finish in late May 2010 in order to strengthen the management of civil servants more thoroughly, and to ensure work efficiency and transparency in the public administration; now it was found that the names of more than 2,000 civil servants are against the rules on the payroll on the national level, and this discovery will help save the state about US$2 million per year.
“According to reports and information from officials of the Council for Administrative Reform received in the morning of 18 May 2010, the census on civil servants conducted at the Council of Ministers discovered that this institution itself has up to 1,803 civil servants, which is a large figure.
“Officials said that the census will end in May, and it will be conducted also at six other ministries. After that, the census teams will continue their work at the provinces in mid June 2010. Officials claimed that more than 2,000 ghost names of civil servants found will save the government more than US$2 million each year. The salary of civil servant was, on average, US$81.40 per month by February. If it is multiplied by 12 months and then by 2,000, the amount is approximately US$2 million.
“Since the first term of the National Assembly until the present, in the framework of the implementation of public administration reforms, the Royal Government has conducted a census already twice, once in 1995, and once again between 1999 and 2001. The census found out that there were many civil servants who just had their names [‘ghost names’] on the salary lists, and the Royal Government decided to delete 17,685 names during the first census and 9,814 names during the second census, which helped prevent the government from wasting much money in each year.
“Based on the reports of the Council for Administrative Reform, by February 2010 the number of civil servants on the salary lists of the Council for Administrative Reform, receiving salaries in February 2010, were 176,829, 60,182 of them were women. They are classified into Group A with 28,547 civil servants; Group B with 52,706; Group C with 81,900; and Group D with 13,678 [no explanation how the Groups are defined given here].
“The average salary in February was US$81.40. The salaries are paid out in the following categories: base salaries 58.4%, special remunerations 33.1%, pedagogy funding [scholarships for trainees in teacher training] 1.8%, for child support [for children of civil servants] 1.4%, sponsoring the federation [unclear] 0.7%, support in case of accidents 0.4%, and special livelihood assistance 4.2% [no info available for the definition of the different salary sections].
“According to officials of the Council for Administrative Reform, Samdech Akkak Moha Senapadei Dekchor Hun Sen will visit the census office on 28 May 2010.” Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.18, #5201, 19.5.2010
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Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Deum Ampil, Vol.4, #481, 19.5.2010
- The Number of People Using Mobile Phones Increases to More Than Seven Million [according to the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication]
- A 71-Year-Old Man Raped His 11-Year-Old Step Daughter [he was arrested, Banteay Meanchey]
Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.9, #2252, 19.5.2010
- Santuk District Forestry Administration Head Colludes with Traders to Actively Transport Wood without Caring about the Interdiction by the Royal Government [Kompong Thom]
- Older Brother of the Head of the Health Department [Ms. Yim Sa’mean] Is Chief Drug Smuggler [he and his son were arrested, while his wife escaped – Sihanoukville]
Khmer Machas Srok, Vol.4, #659, 19.5.2010
- The Mondolkiri Authorities Press Thousands of Families to Deliver Their Land to the Mong Riththy Company
Koh Santepheap, Vol.43, #6959, 19.5.2010
- A Spy Aircraft of Siam [Thailand] Entered Khmer Airspace along the Border [according to the Sampov Loun district governor in Battambang]
Moneaksekar Khmer, Vol.17, #3883, 19.5.2010
- [Russey Keo district governor] Khleang Huot Will Not Likely Help Thirty Five Families That Have Been Informed by the Russey Keo Authorities to Remove Their House within Fourteen Days [Phnom Penh]
Phnom Penh Post [Khmer Edition], Vol.1, #174, 19.5.2010
- The Director of the [Southeast Asian] Radio and Television Was Convicted to Be Imprisoned [for three years and a half] and to Pay Millions of Dollars [for breach of trust, regarding the accusation of siphoning away millions of dollars – Phnom Penh]
- [More than 200] Villagers [from Koh Kong] Wearing Cambodian People’s Party Shirts Asked for Intervention from the Prime Minister [in Phnom Penh; over a land issue where the government provided concession land of 36,000 hectares to the Chinese company Union Development Group, that overlap their rice fields]
Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.18, #5201, 19.5.2010
- More Than 2,000 Ghost Names of Civil Servants Were Found – This Discovery Will Save the State More Than US$2 Million Each Year
- Several Trucks Loaded with Sand Were Driven on a Road Constructed by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency [JICA] in Kandal Stung District, Damaging the Road [Kandal]
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