Official slams old philosophy

Official slams old philosophy

JAKARTA (JP): A senior official of the Ministry of Home
Affairs says it's high time civil servants dropped the old
Javanese tradition of being "slow but sure" in their work.

Secretary General Suryatna Subrata said the tradition,
reflected in the Javanese saying alon alon asal kelakon (slow but
achievable), cannot be sustained in the era of globalization and
free competition, Antara reported yesterday.

"The alon alon asal kelakon tradition should be dropped
because it is not consistent with development and the demand for
public services," he told a coordinating meeting of leaders of
the Central Java provincial administration in Semarang.

Government employees, he said, must now strive to increase
their professionalism and that means getting the job done
swiftly. (emb)