THANK YOU CAKE : Prime MinisterDatuk Seri Mohd Najib cuts the birthday cake presented to him by Pos Malaysia staff as a thank you gesture for their new salary scale.

PUTRAJAYA, (July 23, 2010) :  A group of 100 postmen today turned up at the Perdana Putra Building here where the Prime Minister's Office is located to thank Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak for the move to restructure the salaries of postmen and postal clerks.

The new salary scheme, something which they have been waiting for since 18 years ago, takes effect this month.

Najib, who arrived at the lobby of the Prime Minister's Office at 8.30am, was greeted by Pos Malaysia chairman Tan Sri Aseh Che Mat.

They also presented Najib with a birthday cake in conjunction with his 57th birthday today.

Present was Pos Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Syed Faisal Albar.

Ahmad Radzuan Mohd Safri, 26, a postman attached to the Bandar Baru Bangi post office in Selangor, said they were grateful to the prime minister for the salary increase.

He said the restructuring process had allowed postmen and postal clerks to get the same salary scale enjoyed by their counterparts in the civil service.

This would spur them to increase their productivity, he said.

In April, Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim announced the move to restructure the salaries and allowances paid to postmen and postal clerks.

Rais had said that the move was necessary because the postal workers' salary was below the poverty level.

More than 9,000 postmen and postal clerks received a salary increase of about 11 per cent under the new scheme.- Bernama