Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today that the government has yet to decide on Cuepacs request for a pay rise for civil servants.

Noting that the issue had not been discussed by the cabinet, he said that matters pertaining to salary were normally brought to the attention of the cabinet committee chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Well have to wait for the governments decision. The governments sympathetic to the plight of civil servants. Whatever it is, well have to take into account the governments capability and productivity of the civil service, he told reporters after attending the Pekan Fest sponsorship presentation ceremony here.

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