Six-day working week

Six-day working week

From Pikiran Rakyat

I admire Minister of Administrative Reforms T.B. Silalahi's reinstatement of the six-day working week because he is one of the rare breed of courageous and sportsmanlike people who has admitted the failure of a policy, in this case the five-day working week.

As a former civil servant I concur with the view that productivity tends to decline in a longer working day. When still in service I used to do overtime in the late afternoon but the enthusiasm for it was often at a low level.

May there be other Silalahis in the future who will be as plucky and concede failure if any of their policies do not succeed.

MURIADI MUHAMAD

Bandung, West Java