CLOSE TIES BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION AND CIVIL SERVICE CRUCIAL - PM

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- Close ties between the administration and the civil service are crucial in creating a successful nation, Prime Minister Najib Razak said.

Speaking at the Prime Minister's Department's Eid al-Fitr open house here,
the prime minister said, history had shown that the country's success thus far
was due to the close relations between the administration and the civil service.


Najib said the public sector had all the while been translating the
government's policies and ensured their successful implementation.

"May this special relations can be defended as they are still many more
challenges which we need to overcome," he said.

He said it was the government's wish to see both sides continued to work
together for the betterment of the people and country.

The open house was participated by departments and agencies under the Prime
Minister's Department and attended by Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin,
cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and some 3,000 people mostly staff of
agencies and departments.
-- BERNAMA