Source: Reaksmei Kampuchea newspaper
Reported in English by Khmerization
The government has for the first time implemented a system of salary payment through bank accounts, under the policies of e-government initiatives to cut down corruption and transparency in government's financial accountability, reports Reaksmei Kampuchea.
The new system will allow public servants to receive their pays in their bank accounts which allow them to make withdrawals through ANZ Royal Bank Automated Teller Machines (ATM) anywhere across the country.
Mr. Lon Hour, Undersecretary of State in charge of finance at the Ministry of Information, said four ministries had the salaries of their employees paid through bank accounts a few months already, but at the Ministry of Information the system had been in place since May 2009 but so far only one employee's account had been opened with ANZ Royal Bank.
Mr. Lon Hour said that any public servants who have the salary of 400,000 riels (US$100) per month will get their pays in their bank accounts. Anyone who has a salary level lower than 400,000 riels, but holds a position as director or deputy director of a government department will also have their pays paid through their bank accounts.
This new payment system has been hailed by many employees whose pays had often partly gone missing or their whole pays delayed for months. Some public servants even had parts of their pays docked or stolen by their corrupt superiors in an extortionate manner.
Reported in English by Khmerization
The government has for the first time implemented a system of salary payment through bank accounts, under the policies of e-government initiatives to cut down corruption and transparency in government's financial accountability, reports Reaksmei Kampuchea.
The new system will allow public servants to receive their pays in their bank accounts which allow them to make withdrawals through ANZ Royal Bank Automated Teller Machines (ATM) anywhere across the country.
Mr. Lon Hour, Undersecretary of State in charge of finance at the Ministry of Information, said four ministries had the salaries of their employees paid through bank accounts a few months already, but at the Ministry of Information the system had been in place since May 2009 but so far only one employee's account had been opened with ANZ Royal Bank.
Mr. Lon Hour said that any public servants who have the salary of 400,000 riels (US$100) per month will get their pays in their bank accounts. Anyone who has a salary level lower than 400,000 riels, but holds a position as director or deputy director of a government department will also have their pays paid through their bank accounts.
This new payment system has been hailed by many employees whose pays had often partly gone missing or their whole pays delayed for months. Some public servants even had parts of their pays docked or stolen by their corrupt superiors in an extortionate manner.
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