ISKANDAR PUTERI, Nov. 13 -- The Johor government announced a special payment incentive for the 140,185 federal civil servants serving in the state.

Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said this was the first time that the state government had announced such an incentive to federal civil servants.

He said the incentive, called the Federal Civil Servant Special Incentive, will benefit 140,185 federal civil servants based in the state.

"As a sign of appreciation to civil servants, the state government would like to express its appreciation to federal civil servants serving in Johor through this special incentive.

"Each civil servant serving will receive assistance of RM500 each from a total allocation of RM70.1 million," he said wh...