The bonus for civil servants announced in Budget 2015 will be paid with their January 2015 salary, chief secretary to the government Ali Hamsa said today.

He said the bonus could not be backdated or paid this year.

"This bonus was approved in Budget 2015. So, going by financial regulations, it should be paid after Jan 1, 2015," he told reporters at his office in Putrajaya.

Ali was asked to comment on the request by Cuepacs, the umbrella union for civil servants, on Monday that the government pay the bonus to civil servants on Dec 15 this year rather than in January next year.  

Cuepacs president Azih Musa had said that this would ease the financial burden of parents getting their children prepared to attend school in the new session in January.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, when tabling Budget 2015 in the Dewan Rakyat last Friday, announced a bonus of a half-month salary or a minimum of RM500 for the estimated 1.5 million civil servants.

He also announced a special assistance of RM250 for government pensioners.

- Bernama

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