Submariners to get service allowances
KUALA LUMPUR,
The Government today announced service allowances of between
RM1,100 and RM3,000 a month for Royal Malaysian Navy
submariners.
Submarine trainees will receive a monthly allowance of RM800 if
they are officers and RM600 if they are of other ranks.
Announcing this, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said
the Government approved the incentives recently in view of the
importance of maritime safety.
"The Government hopes this will lift the morale of in the submarine
unit," he said, after presenting Hari Raya Puasa goodies to
personnel at the Defence Ministry.
Najib said the ministry had submitted a proposal and the Government
approved it after careful study.
RMN submariners are scheduled to be commissioned in 2008, when the
Scorpene submarines commence operations in Ma- laysian
waters.
The commanding officer of the vessel will receive RM3,000 and
executive officer RM2,400 in monthly allowance.
Officers will be paid RM1,900 and other ranking personnel RM1,500
monthly in "expertise allowance". There is a "qualification
allowance" of RM1,400 a month for officers and RM1,100 for other
ranks.
Sixty-three submarine trainees, including 31 officers undergoing
training in France since late last year, will benefit from
incentive allowances, to be backdated to Jan 1 this year.
Altogether, there will be 156 submarine trainees, including the
support force, making up the submarine workforce.
Trainees will undergo four years training at the Ma- laysian
Submarine School at the DCN Navy Base in Brest, 500km from
Paris.
On another matter, Najib said the armed forces 30-member medical
team and six Health Ministry staff will leave for Pakistan tomorrow
and on Oct 24 to help in relief efforts following the recent
earthquake.
Both teams will be in Pakistan for three months.
Najib said the armed forces would build a field hospital in Bagh
which is seven hours drive from Islamabad.
INCENTIVES
Monthly
Comm. Officer: RM3,000
Exec. Officer: RM2,400
Expertise
Officers: RM1,900
Other ranks: RM1,500
Qualification
Officers: RM1,400
Other ranks: RM1,100
Training
Officers: RM800
Other ranks: RM600
Hey. Compare these allowances with RSN's submariners. I
think it's a far cry. Commander officer's monthly allowance is RM
3000. That will be about 1800 sg dollars!
