District Councils). The term Public Services does not include special institutions such as the Judiciary, Public Services Commissions, the Election Commission and like institutions whose members are appointed by the King. Nevertheless, the organisations providing support or secretarial services to these institutions are public agencies whose officers and staff are from the Public Services. The Public Services also excludes off-budget agencies which are formed under the Companies Act or the Society Act and do not follow policies and procedures of personnel management in the public sector. Central agencies Central Agency in Malaysia is important, as it assists the government in formulating policies, co-ordinating, controlling and monitoring the various development programs and projects. Among the main responsibilities (objectives) of the Central Agency are: To formulate public policies with regard to economic planning of the state. To formulate and provide the basis and needs of various government agencies and departments, such as, formulating and providing public servants and positions, To provide the basis for public budget (or public funding) for the various development programs and projects. To provide necessary services that is required by the Operation Agency. To ensure that public policy are implemented and executed accordingly by the Operation Agency, and the smooth running of various development programs and projects. As such, the co-ordination and control by the Central Agency, tend to encompass a few crucial aspects or functions: Examine and scrutinise the estimate annual budget of state. Examine public servant services scheme, public servant grades, and positions. Examine and scrutinise the annual economic development programs and projects of state, and also the Five-yearly economic policy of state. Enforce financial regulations and public services. Coordinate the formulation of public policy, programs, and projects, and also its implementation. To analyse and investigate public complaints and feedback, with regard to the various governmental programs and projects. Central Agencies are also Federal agencies responsible for formulating the national financial and economic policies, the public sector human resource policies, and the monitoring and supervising the implementation of these policies. The central agencies are: The Treasury The Economic Planning Unit (EPU) The Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU JPM) The Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) The Public Service Department (PSD) Civil service and ethnic relations in Malaysia In 2010 Senator Datuk T. Murugiah, a Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, denied in a parliamentary press conference that the government was only focusing on hiring