BANGSA IBAN ( IBANS ) in the Federal Civil Services in MALAYSIA

KUCHING: There are only 13,882 Ibans and 7,108 Bidayuhs in the Federal departments and ministries out of 601,862 Malays and 57,578 Chinese. 
These figures were released by the Prime Minister Department in reply to a question raised by the MP for Bandar Kuching Chong Chieng Jen. 

During the recent sitting of Parliament, Chong had asked the Prime Minister to give the total number of civil servants in all the ministries and the racial breakdown of Malays, Chinese, Iban and Bidayuh up to 31 March 2011. 

“Based on the reply given to my question in Parliament there is a big discrepancy between the Malays and Chinese, Iban and Bidayuh civil servants,” he said. 

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak should improve the racial composition of the civil service if he is really serious about implementing 1Malaysia concept. 

“He has been shouting about the concept for the past two years, and yet the racial composition between the Malays and Chinese in government departments has not improved,” said Chong who is Sarawak DASP Secretary and state assemblyman for Kota Sentosa. 

Quoting the reply, Chong who is the MP for Bandar Kuching said: “In the Prime Minister Department, there are about 31,297 Malays to 797 Chinese or 39.27:1. This is about two percent. 

“And there are only 412 Ibans and 279 Bidayuhs in the PM department. 

“The worst is in the Rural and Regional Development Ministry where there are 2,442 Malays to 18 Chinese or 135.67:1 or less than one percent of the Chinese, and 26 Ibans and 18 Bidayuhs,” he said. 

Among the ministries mentioned by Chong included the following: 

~ Ministry of Youth and Sports 2,980 Malays to 32 Chinese, 27 Ibans and 21 Bidayuhs; 

  

~ Ministry of Home Affairs 40,263 (Malays) to 614 (Chinese), 823 (Iban) and 476 (Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Works 6,221 (Malays) to 156 (Chinese), 21(Iban), and 9(Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Health 130,106 (Malays) to 9,500 (Chinese), 3,657(Iban) and 1,894 (Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Finance 15,835 (Malays) to 508 (Chinese), 247 (Iban) and 155 (Bidayuh); 

  

~ Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1,215 (Malays) to 53 (Chinese), 7 (Iban) and 6 (Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Education 273,791(Malays) to 43,669 (Chinese), 7,379 (Iban) and 3,434 (Bidayuh); 

  

~ Ministry of Tourism 455 (Malays) to 19 (Chinese), 6 (Iban) and 6 (Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development 5,461 (Malays) to 75 (Chinese), 75 (Iban) and 42(Bidayuh);

~ Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture 8,839 (Malays) to 402 (Chinese), 231 (Iban) and 134 (Bidayuh);

~ Ministry of Higher Education 15,012 (Malays) to 334 (Chinese), 84(Iban) and 54 (Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Transport 9,028 (Malays)  to 205 (Chinese), 198(Iban) and 168 (Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Defence 12,078 (Malays) to 113 (Chinese), 123 (Iban) and 76 (Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Housing and Local Government 11,363 (Malays)  to 173 (Chinese), 201 (Iban) and 88 (Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of International Trade and Industry 785(Malays) to 29 (Chinese), 7(Iban) and 4(Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Domestic Trade, and Consumer Affairs 2,645 (Malays) to 47 (Chinese), 43 (Iban) and 23 (Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry 8,826 (Malays) to 206 (Chinese), 54 (Iban) and 45(Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Entrepreneur and Commodity 195 (Malays) to 5 (Chinese), 0 (Iban) and 0 (Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation 3,596 (Malays) to 240 (Chinese), 48 (Iban) and 48(Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 11,849 (Malays) to 227(Chinese), 108(Iban) and 67(Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Human Resources 6,457 (Malays) to 129(Chinese), 98 (Iban) and 60 (Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water 553 (Malays) to 19(Chinese), 5(Iban) and 0(Bidayuh);  

 

~ Ministry of Federal Territory 570 (Malays) to 8 (Chinese), 2(Iban) and 1(Bidayuh). 

Total 601,862 (Malays) to 57,578 (Chinese), 13,882(Ibans) and 7,108(Bidayuh). 
Pointing out that these are some of the examples, Chong said: “This clearly shows such unbalanced racial composition in the various government departments and ministries. 

“It also clearly shows Najib’s 1Malaysia slogan is a mere slogan. There is no concrete policy to implement the concept,” he said, adding that he had been shouting about it for the last two years. 

He said: “There is no improvement in the racial composition based on the racial breakdown in the government departments. Even in his department it is worse than the average. 

“It shows that Najib is not the prime minister for all, but the prime minister for one single race,” Chong said. 

It should be interesting to know how many Ibans and Bidayuhs in the State Civil Service. Can any Dayak state assemblyman ask such a question?