KUCHING: Members of the Sarawak State Executive Council and state assemblyman from Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will contribute part of their salaries to the Sarawak Disaster Fund for a period of two months beginning June.
The Sarawak Chief Ministerâs Office in a statement today said the initiative was taken to show the GPS governmentâs continued commitment to helping the people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The contribution that will be made through salary deduction beginning this month is expected to collect RM3 million.
âThe rate deducted will be according to the position, where the Chief Minister will contribute 30 percent (of his salary); Deputy Chief Minister (25 percent); Ministers and Speaker (20 percent); Assistant Minister (15 percent) and state assemblyman (10 percent).
âThe GPS government will also consider continuing and extending the contribution if the pandemic continues,â he said.
Political secretaries under the GPS government will also contribute as much as five percent of their salaries during the same period.
Meanwhile, the statement said the GPS government had also decided that Sarawak civil servants will contribute a certain amount of their Fixed Entertainment Allowance (ITK) based on their salary grades for two months beginning in July.
According to the statement, the contribution involving almost 7,000 civil servants in the state is expected to collect RM300,000.
âFrontline members who are directly involved in curbing and controlling the Covid-19 outbreak are excluded.
âThe GPS government will also ask all state government-linked companies (GLCs) to participate in this contribution,â read the statement. â Bernama
