POSTMEN SAY THANK YOU MR PRIME MINISTER

PUTRAJAYA, July 23 (Bernama) -- A group of 100 postmen turned up at the Perdana Putra Building here Friday where the Prime Minister's Office is located to thank Najib Razak for the move to restructure the salaries of postmen and postal clerks.

The new salary scheme, something which they have been waiting for since 18
years ago, takes effect this month.

Najib, who arrived at the lobby of the Prime Minister's Office at 8.30am,
was greeted by Pos Malaysia chairman Aseh Che Mat.

They also presented Najib with a birthday cake in conjunction with his 57th
birthday Friday.

Present was Pos Malaysia chief executive officer Syed Faisal Albar.

Ahmad Radzuan Mohd Safri, 26, a postman attached to the Bandar Baru Bangi
post office in the Selangor state, said they were grateful to the prime minister
for the salary increase.

He said the restructuring process had allowed postmen and postal clerks to
get the same salary scale enjoyed by their counterparts in the civil service.

This would spur them to increase their productivity, he said.

In April, Information Communication and Culture Minister Dr Rais Yatim
announced the move to restructure the salaries and allowances paid to postmen
and postal clerks.

Rais had said that the move was necessary because the postal workers' salary
was below the poverty level.

More than 9,000 postmen and postal clerks received a salary increase of
about 11 per cent under the new scheme.
-- BERNAMA