Luqman's musings

  This is A Closer Look at Government Staff Conduct Originally posted on LINK On July 3, 2025, the Daily Express published an article titled, "Be neutral when carrying out duties, government staff told". In it, the Chief Minister (CM) urged civil servants and officers of statutory bodies to uphold neutrality and professionalism in their roles. These remarks, while well-intentioned, raise questions about their impact. Are these directives genuinely shaping the behavior of government staff, or are they merely rhetorical statements meant for public consumption? 

  In a Daily Express article , Datuk Roger Chin said:   ‘To enjoy full public confidence there must be non-interference by notifications in enforcement agencies and those like the MACC cannot be answerable to whoever is the Prime Minister but to parliament.’ I understand and agree with that statement.

  Ex- Sabah ministers may be grilled. The above is the front page headline in today’s Daily Express. The following is a statement that caught my eye. ‘Daily Express learnt that they (ex-ministers) can expect to be grilled into what they knew but failed to act or what role they may have even played or gained from the alleged conspiracy to defraud Sabahans of millions of ringgit…’ This then made me think about a statement the spokesman of LPPB made. He said, ‘This development (Vistana Heights) was supervised by engineers and approved by management who have retired.’