I SHARE the sentiments of Ir. Mohd Kamal Haziq Kamaruzaman in his letter “Registering professional engineers” (The Star, Jan 7). Unlike the healthcare fraternity that went all out to protest the abolition of the critical service incentive allowance, which also affects the engineering profession, the silence from the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) was deafening.

The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) launched an online petition to reinstate the critical service incentive allowance for all healthcare staff and managed to get more than 125,000 signatories within a week, leading to the abolition being put on hold pending a review and decision by the Cabinet. This is an exemplary show of concern by a professional body to protect those under its care.