About 50 percent of the 1.62 million civil servants in the country are still unable to own homes due to the sector’s minimum wage being “irrelevant” in current times, said Congress of Unions of Employees in Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) president Adnan Mat.

He said the existing minimum wage made it difficult for the government to achieve the target of a household income of RM10,000 per month as well as the goal of making Malaysia a high-income country by 2025 in the 12th Malaysia Plan.

As such, he said the setting of...