Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (CUEPACS) mahu kakitangan awam yang hampir bersara diberi peluang kenaikan gred tanpa perlu lulus peperiksaan Penilaian Tahap Kecekapan (PTK).
Presidennya, Omar Osman berkata, mereka yang merupakan kakitangan senior perlu dinilai berdasarkan prestasi dan produktiviti sepanjang perkhidmatan.
''Mereka yang nak bersara lagi tiga tahun sudah agak susah nak menghadapi peperiksaan ini, bagilah pengecualian daripada lulus PTK, cukup dengan prestasi yang baik,'' katanya.
Beliau bercakap kepada pemberita selepas menghadiri perasmian Seminar Presiden-Presiden Kesatuan Gabungan CUEPACS di sebuah hotel di sini malam tadi.
Seminar tersebut dirasmikan oleh Menteri Besar Pahang, Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob. Turut hadir, Pengerusi CUEPACS Pahang, Kamarozaman Abd. Razak.
Omar berkata, perkara tersebut telah dibawa kepada Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) untuk dipertimbangkan.
''Bilangan kakitangan terlibat tidak ramai dan kita berharap ia diluluskan supaya mereka dapat menjalankan tanggungjawab dengan lebih bersemangat,'' katanya.
Dalam perkembangan lain, Omar memberitahu, CUEPACS akan membincangkan cadangan semakan gred gaji semua kakitangan awam pada seminar kali ini.
Menurutnya, ia berikutan terdapat kira-kira 400,000 penjawat awam kebanyakannya kumpulan sokongan satu dan dua, sudah mencapai tangga gaji maksimum.
Beliau berkata, kebanyakan kakitangan awam terbabit masih mempunyai tempoh perkhidmatan yang panjang antara lima, enam dan 10 tahun lagi.
Katanya, kedudukan tangga 'gaji mati' itu sekiranya tidak ditangani akan menjejaskan perkhidmatan dan prestasi mereka yang mewakili kira-kira 45 peratus daripada kira-kira 1.2 juta kakitangan awam di negara ini.
''Mesti ada satu penambahbaikan di mana tangga gaji selaras dengan peningkatan umur persaraan,'' katanya.
Menurut Omar, peserta seminar akan memperincikan kertas cadangan semakan gred gaji itu pada sesi bengkel sebelum dikemukakan kepada kerajaan.
Beliau memberitahu, berdasarkan memorandum yang diserahkan kesatuan kepada kerajaan sebelum ini, gred gaji setiap kakitangan awam perlu disemak lima tahun sekali mengambil kira kos sara hidup semasa.
Petikan Utusan Malaysia 23/10/2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Web surfing boosts older people’s brain function
Web surfing boosts the brain function of middle-aged and seniors with little Internet experience, say scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), according to China's Xinhua news agency.
"We found that, for older people with minimal experience, performing Internet searches for even a relatively short period of time can change brain activity patterns and enhance function," said study author Dr. Gary Small, professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.
Dr Small and his team selected 24 volunteers between the ages of 55 and 78. Half of the participants had Internet experience, while the other half had very little experience.
After Internet training, participants with minimal online experience displayed brain activation patterns very similar to those seen in the group of experienced Internet users after just a short period of time.
"The results suggest that searching online may be a simple form of brain exercise that might be employed to enhance cognition in older adults," said Teena D. Moody, the study's first author and a senior research associate at UCLA.
According to Moody, when performing an Internet search, the ability to hold important information in working memory and to extract the important points from competing graphics and words is essential.
Dr. Small said the new findings suggest that it may take only days for those with minimal experience to match the activity levels of those with years of experience.
The findings were presented Oct. 19 at the 2009 meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
- Bernama The Star 20/10/2009
"We found that, for older people with minimal experience, performing Internet searches for even a relatively short period of time can change brain activity patterns and enhance function," said study author Dr. Gary Small, professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.
Dr Small and his team selected 24 volunteers between the ages of 55 and 78. Half of the participants had Internet experience, while the other half had very little experience.
After Internet training, participants with minimal online experience displayed brain activation patterns very similar to those seen in the group of experienced Internet users after just a short period of time.
"The results suggest that searching online may be a simple form of brain exercise that might be employed to enhance cognition in older adults," said Teena D. Moody, the study's first author and a senior research associate at UCLA.
According to Moody, when performing an Internet search, the ability to hold important information in working memory and to extract the important points from competing graphics and words is essential.
Dr. Small said the new findings suggest that it may take only days for those with minimal experience to match the activity levels of those with years of experience.
The findings were presented Oct. 19 at the 2009 meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
- Bernama The Star 20/10/2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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