He agreed with Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s view on retaining the current retirement age so as not to block employment opportunities for the younger generation.
“Don’t say that the prime minister is 94 and has yet to retire himself. Mine is not a case of not retiring, but being asked to come back to work.
“If we are to set the retirement age at 65, the deadwood will be sitting on their chairs and others will not be able to sit there (via promotion).
“To me, retiring at 60 is good enough,” the premier told a joint media conference in conjunction with his three-day official visit to Cambodia on Tuesday (Sept 3).
Dr Mahathir said there were nations that did not impose a mandatory retirement age, and employees there could work as long as they liked, but that only meant that they were denying opportunities for the younger generation.
“During my time (first premiership), we extended the retirement age from 55 to 56 before it got extended further to 60 by the government after that,” he said.
Last Saturday (Aug 31), the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) urged the government to increase the mandatory retirement age to 65 years, as practised in several developed countries, including Singapore.
This suggestion, however, was met with disapproval by Syed Saddiq, who was of the view that the government should focus on creating more job opportunities for the younger generation instead of blocking their potential. – Bernama
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"the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) urged the government to increase the mandatory retirement age to 65 years, as practised in several developed countries, including Singapore."
Ask youself, where are WE ? We are not even half-way through ! haah..
2019-09-03 21:32
org sudah tua, tidak mau bejen.. mau gam lekat kerusi and meja sama dengan pangkat...
2019-09-03 22:10
the younger from japan.. the salary just enof for them use. not wnof to use for family..
2019-09-03 22:14
Tun M wants to let go old civil servants and so reduce the financial burden of the government.the government workforce is overstaffed.
2019-09-03 22:35
The young boy Syed never work before. He is not qualified to talk about employment. He is stepping into kula area.
2019-09-03 23:31
People who are 65 years now are different than people who are 65 many years ago.
Therefore, just give some hope to this senior people.
2019-09-04 18:55
Ministers- 1 term/ 5 years gaji buta already can retire as millionaire. Salaryman work till death still can't retired. $$ no enough. wakaka
2019-09-04 20:08
I am against any individual who is above 90 years to take up position as government official.
Or extend leadership to those who are older than 95 years old.
2019-09-05 09:44
TrippleZ
I support retirement at 60.
2019-09-03 21:27