{
  "id": 7260681,
  "title": "JPA kaji inisiatif tambah baik pendapatan penjawat awam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/jpa-kaji-inisiatif-tambah-baik-pendapatan-penjawat-awam-7260681",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T05:50:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/09/14/jpa-kaji-inisiatif-tambah-baik-pendapatan-penjawat-awam"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "PUTRAJAYA: Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz, the Director-General of Public Administration, has stated that civil servants should carefully plan their expenditures. According to him, the salaries of civil servants are currently not below the poverty line and they are advised to manage their finances wisely. \"In my opinion, civil servants with the salaries they have now are not below the poverty line, they just need to plan their expenditures accordingly,\" he said after inaugurating the 2026 Annual Management of Civil Service Personnel. He added that the salary adjustments for civil servants have been carried out through the Civil Service Personnel Payroll System (SSPA), which replaced the Malaysian Payroll System (MPS) on January 1, 2024. The SSPA, introduced as a major government reform to boost employee motivation through a more competitive salary structure and more equitable and transparent performance appraisal, will now determine any further initiatives to increase civil servants' income.",
  "summary": "Ketua Pengarah JPA, Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz berkata gaji penjawat awam ketika ini tidak berada di bawah paras kemiskinan.",
  "key_points": [],
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "JPA kaji inisiatif tambah baik pendapatan penjawat awam",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/jpa-kaji-inisiatif-tambah-baik-pendapatan-penjawat-awam",
        "published": "2026-09-14T05:50:36.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}