Response to Chow Kon Yeow's post "Should civil servants be awarded titles higher than the Prime Minister and Ministers?"

Since I could not leave a comment on this blog without registering first, I'll just dump my views here.

Response to Chow Kon Yeow's post "Should civil servants be awarded titles higher than the Prime Minister and Ministers?" dated 05/06/06.

My understanding of the award is that it is given as a recognition of service to the country, not a conferment of power and influence.

If that is the case, then junior servants who have served the country should be recognised. And, just because a person is a Minister does not nessecarily imply that he/she is going to serve the country more than a junior government servant.

And since this award is merely a recognition of service, ministers need not worry about their director generals having a cooler title than the minister. It is not about the Tan Sri DG upstaging the untitled Minister.

By the way, who are these ministers who complained about having highly recognised DG's?