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Its president, Omar Osman, said though many services may be paperless by then, many other departments and agencies may be set up.
<P>"With the current rate of about 15,000 retirements a year, the workforce is shrinking as not all are replaced."</P>
<P>He had said recently that 200,000 civil servants should be added to the present 1.3 million over the next 13 years.</P>
<P>"It’s not like we’re asking for the extra manpower in one go. It must be done gradually," he told the media.</P>
<P>He was briefing Cuepacs members in Selangor on its recent proposal for a pay hike of up to 40 per cent.</P>
<P>On Sunday, Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn rejected the proposal for extra manpower, saying that rather than asking for more staff, Cuepacs should concentrate on improving the delivery system with the current number.
<P>He had said that by 2020 everyone would have gone paperless, so the nation won’t need so many civil servants. Productivity must be raised, not the number of workers.</P>
<P>Omar also said Cuepacs was in the process of fine-tuning the proposal for a pay hike.</P>
<P>He said if it was rejected, Cuepacs would have to decide on its next move based on feedback from its members.
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