QUOTE(exwan @ Oct 10 2014, 09:35 PM)
PTD or Pegawai Tadbir dan Diplomatik can be considered as one of the most exclusive position in the civil service.
PTD officers are the one will eventually hold key government positions that include KSU (Ketua Setiausaha), Director General (Ketua Pengarah), District Officer (DO) and Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri.
PTD is one of the earliest posts introduced in the Malaysian civil service which started back in 1904. It was first known as Malaysian Home and Foreign Services (MHFS), then changed to Pegawai Tadbir & Diplomatik (PTD) as we know today. The PTD officers are involved in the country development at all levels.
They are responsible in strengthening the country administration function, social infrastructure development, economy and the industrial. In other words, it is one of the most important portfolios before the country embraced and emphasize on the private sector. As the name sounds, some of the PTD officers are also sent as the country diplomatic representative and are based in the Malaysian embassies abroad. But that’s not all about PTD. Apart from the international diplomatic representation, the PTD also consists of the following fields, namely:
International Relation
National Security and Defense
Information Technology and Communication Management
Administration and Development
Human Resources and Organizational Management
Financial Resources and Management