"…No outside authority must be in a position to determine, even in the last instance, what appointments, promotions and disciplinary actions are taken in respect of the civil service. The establishment of a Public Service Commission with responsibility for these matters is the most effective way of achieving this objective and at the same time of securing freedom from interference in service matters by politicians and political parties. We must aim at a civil service that will loyally discharge its duties irrespective of the political complexion of the government…"

- Government Command Paper Number 65 of 1956, titled "Statement of Policy: Malayanisation"