Lets have full report of Work From Home Programme

DAP National Deputy Chairman and MP for Kepong Dr Tan Seng Giaw urges the Central Government to publish the report of the experimental Work From Home Programme involving 39 staff members at the Ministry of Works.

There are many ways to work from home as practised by some countries and corporations. What are the best ways in the Malaysian environment?

On 12.4.2010, Dr Tan asked a supplementary question in the House on the Work From Home Programme. Dungun MP YB Matulidi Jusoh posed a question on the outcome of the programme to the Minister YB Tampin, Shaziman Abu Mansor. The idea was mooted by the Prime Minister YAB Najib.

Shaziman says that Work From Home Programme began from 1.1.2010 to 31.3.2010, involving 39 personnel at the Works Ministry. Among them, the productivity went up from 30% to 85% or even 90% in certain fields. There was a close supervision. Apparently, two or three participants felt bored; a wife did not want her husband to work from home.

As Shaziman is gathering the feedback from the programme, we hope that he would make it public as soon as possible. There are over 1.2 million civil servants in the country. When can the Government introduce the Programme suitable for Malaysia?

One advantage from this programme is the saving of working space. If each person has 5 square metres of working space and each square metre costs RM40, the rental per person is RM200 a month. For 39 persons, the saving is RM7,800.

There are ways and means of monitoring personnel who work from home. We require those that are practicable in the Malaysian milieu.

Dr Tan Seng Giaw