KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 27 -- Civil servants in Selangor can expect to be paid their salaries a week earlier this year.

The move by the state government to bring the salary date forward from March 16 to March 13 aims to enable some 72,850 employees to better prepare for Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

"The decision was made to give all civil servants enough time to make preparations for their families and loved ones a week before Raya," Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said in his speech during a Ramadan get-together with employees this evening.

The state is also providing a special Aidilfitri incentive worth a total of RM66.25 million.

The incentive includes one month's minimum salary of RM1,000 for all state civil servants.

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