KUALA LUMPUR: Sixty per cent or 960,000 out of 1.6 million civil servants in the country have yet to own a home, according to Cuepacs, the federation of civil service unions.
Cuepacs president Azih Muda said about 75 per cent of the 960,000 people were those aged 40 years and below.
In a Labour Day message, Cuepacs urged the government to give extra attention to home ownership issue among the civil servants.
“The government must also play a role in controlling house prices and building more affordable homes,” he said.
“Without the intervention of the government in fixing the price of houses, civil servants will remain unable to have a house of their own,” he told a press conference after the launch of the Cuepacs Labour Day celebrations
Public Services Department director-general Mohamad Zabidi Zainal and 1,000 civil servants from various departments and agencies attended the celebraton.
– BERNAMA