KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): The public have been urged not to be misled by false claims circulating online about Kuala Lumpur City Hall's (DBKL) workforce composition, which have surfaced during the election campaign.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh said a poster circulated via WhatsApp claiming that DBKL employed only one Chinese and seven Indian staff members was false and did not reflect the local authority's actual workforce data.
She said that as of July 1, DBKL employed 9,131 staff, including 490 Indians and 22 Chinese.
“Within the management and professional group, there are 10 Indian officers and two Chinese officers.
“At the same time, I acknowledge that representation within DBKL can still be improved,” she said in a Facebook post.
Hannah said she had instructed DBKL to review its recruitment data, hiring practices, promotion processes and job advertisement channels to identify any gaps and implement improvements that are transparent, fair and merit-based.
She also urged all parties not to exploit the issue to sow racial discord, but instead to correct misinformation and address any genuine shortcomings.
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