The raise is coming! The raise is coming!

Government offices to open from 7.30am to 5.30pm

Well, this is something new...but I wonder whether it will work wonders for productivity. Judging by experience, no. An extra hour of work is of no difference if you can waltz in 15 minutes late and waltz out 15 minutes early, and spend an extra 15 minutes each for the two 'mandatory' coffee breaks. The work mentality of majority of civil servants have been so entrenched that a little change would not even create a ripple. What we need is a wholesale shake-up, which will not happen even if the cows actually come home.

But I guess this is a government ploy. Why? Because the elections are coming. Because the civil servants want a raise. So there has to be a give and take. Now you 'work' one hour more so we can give you the raise you richly deserve.

Go figure...