Some of the protests or complaints were outside the scope of his proposal which touches only on chefs and not servers. But some of those Net-whingers are nonsensically saying locals refuse to serve for more than 2 days etc etc etc, and thus the minister had been unreasonable.
Well Kula, fCk those irrelevant complainants.
In Penang, the ruling of locals as chefs of heritage hawker food has taken effect beautifully so Kulasegaran should seek inspiration and strength from Penang's success - see NST's Penang hawkers share 'locals only cook' policy experience. Extracts of article follow:
Since the ban, the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has revoked 17 operating licences of hawkers on the island.
Well Kula, fCk those irrelevant complainants.
In Penang, the ruling of locals as chefs of heritage hawker food has taken effect beautifully so Kulasegaran should seek inspiration and strength from Penang's success - see NST's Penang hawkers share 'locals only cook' policy experience. Extracts of article follow:
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Mayor Yew Tung Seang |
Its mayor, Yew Tung Seang said MBPP would not compromise on the matter as ample time had been given to hawkers to prepare themselves for the change.
“We have to take enforcement action. Close monitoring is ongoing every now and then since 2016,” he said.
Yew said the policy, however, was only applicable to 13 types of local street food.
“We will continue our efforts to ensure the food are fully prepared by Malaysians for the ardent local food hunters,” he said.
The 13 local food covered under the policy are; nasi lemak, asam laksa, pasembor, mee sotong, char koay teow, koay teow soup, hokkien mee, curry mee, wan tan mee, loh bak, chee cheong fun, char koay kak and oh chien.
“We have to take enforcement action. Close monitoring is ongoing every now and then since 2016,” he said.
Yew said the policy, however, was only applicable to 13 types of local street food.
“We will continue our efforts to ensure the food are fully prepared by Malaysians for the ardent local food hunters,” he said.
The 13 local food covered under the policy are; nasi lemak, asam laksa, pasembor, mee sotong, char koay teow, koay teow soup, hokkien mee, curry mee, wan tan mee, loh bak, chee cheong fun, char koay kak and oh chien.
"proposal" mis-spelt as "porposal".
ReplyDeleteThanks for stating your stand. I generally agree on Kula's position to get these eateries operators to pay decent wages to attract and keep Malaysians a cooks and servers.
However, you'll still get guys like Chef Wan who says such actions are 'racist'.
"Food has no boundaries, says Chef Wan as he labels ruling 'racist'
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/06/23/food-has-no-boundaries-says-chef-wan/#eRbLeTJtBmARCxlS.99
thanks mate, will amend
DeleteI dont need the cheebye kaytee comment. I need cheebye kaytee to stand side with kula to say his piece
ReplyDeleteI shook hand with kula. So kaytee no need to avoid. We should have mariam mokhtar as witness
Force closed those food outlets, hawkers &/or restaurants, that employed foreigners to prepare local dishes!
ReplyDeleteThey r a disgrace to the tradition of local cruisings preparation, irregardless of how long that preparers/chefs have been involved in that food preparation.
Racist??!!
Those r bloody moronic chants of lousy excuses to cheat the food connoisseurs at the same time exploit the cheap foreign labours!
dap can imitate the usa chinese exclusion act start with bangla, nepalis, burmese, indon exlusion act, later indian from india exclusion act, chinese from china exclusion act to purify whats local n msian. dap very patriotic n pragmatic.
DeleteU must be having too much time to waste - to expand yr bloody railtrack argument to politic!
DeleteWhy don't u just DO something right?
Appointment with the taxidermist made?
when others do it to u its racist discriminate bias ketuanan zombieism, when u do it to others its pragmatic, patriotic, nationalist, love, bangsa, negara.
DeleteR u in soliloquy mode AGAIN!
DeleteBlur bat! Who's doing what to who again?
u r right since i’m speaking to a person who cannot hear, n writing to a person who cannot read.
DeleteWhy r u doing that!
DeleteOnly a irrational raging moron would waste his time like that!
So, moron lah.
I support 'Kulasegaran stay resolute with your chef porposal'.
ReplyDelete"Almost all foreign workers tested in a study were found to be carrying microbes which could cause food poisoning and even death, and a small percentage of them harboured antibiotic resistant bacteria, said researchers.
And temporary closure of dirty food eateries is not enough; the Government needs to address the systemic issue, they said."
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/06/23/bad-hygiene-offers-food-for-thought-govt-urged-to-check-practices-that-lead-to-health-hazards/#3ouOt2IzLbiFXhai.99
Re your ""Almost all foreign workers tested in a study were found to be carrying microbes which could cause food poisoning and even death, and a small percentage of them harboured antibiotic resistant bacteria, said researchers" one of them is foreigner (Sing) looes74, wakakaka - looes74 carrying microbes which could cause food poisoning and even death, wakakaka again
DeleteSame rule apply here:
DeleteGo & make an appointment with the taxidermist lah!
It looks like Kula has softened his stance and has said that it was just a suggestion.
ReplyDelete"Kulasegaran: Local cooks for local food was just a suggestion"
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/06/23/kulasegaran-local-cooks-for-local-food-was-just-a-suggestion/#e6FvbF5BHgefpYFM.99
Kula should stand his ground and make these profiteering eatery owners pay staff their fair due and treat them better.
The argument that such measures are "xenophobic", "national chauvanist" or "racist" serves these capitalists by letting them continue to super-exploit foreign workers, whilst denying Malaysian workers job opportunities, and such proposed measures should also include servers.
Either that or force these employers to pay their foreign workers the same pay levels and provide them with the same benefits and offdays as they would have to pay and provide Malaysian workers, as this levels the playing field for Malaysian and foreign workers.
I couldn't quite get Kula's reason for wanting local cooks only. To save / create jobs for Malaysians or to preserve the originality and purity of local cuisine? If the former, OK, he is after all Minister of Human Resources. But if the latter, isn't that really the job of the Minister of Culture or someone like that?
ReplyDeleteHe has to think of both aspects, like you would not want mee goreng prepared by a cook which looks and tastes like spaghetti Bolognese with thick soya sauce.
DeletePenang's reason for mandating local cooks was to preserve the originality of the Malaysian cooking. Kula wants to save / create jobs for Malaysian cooks, I think.
ReplyDeleteTwo suggestions for the (future) Minister of Culture and Makanan Asal:
Have a nationwide cooking assessment where all Malaysian cooks from hawker-stall operators to 5-star hotels are judged by a panel of distinguished Council of Eminent Tukang Masaks chaired by Chef Wan, Amy Beh and ..... (sorry couldn't think of a famous Malaysian Indian cook except for the guy working at Raj's Banana Leaf but that was shut down). A strict requirement is they must follow a defined recipe for each prescribed Malaysian dish. To preserve the sanctity of the dish. The cooks that pass the assessment are issued a special ID that they can wear proudly on their apron so customers know they are Malaysian and they cook only the pure unadulterated Malaysian dishes (whatever that is), none of that fusion mumbo jumbo.
Cooks are ranked by number of stars, similar to the Michelin system. But give it a Malaysian name. "Tukang Masak Malaysia IC No........ Satu/Dua/Tiga Bintang" and have the List of Authorized Malaysian Cooks on a Website so customers can check instantly before ordering their food.
What about specialty restaurants ?
ReplyDeleteAre there Malaysians of sufficient calibre able to do the job ?
You may dismiss them as elitist businesses, but they have a right to exist, too. They employ people and they pay taxes.
Interesting that in Australia, skilled cooks and specialist chefs remain high on the criteria for skilled migrant applicants.
ReplyDeleteSo....there is a need to distinguish between skilled foreign cooks and chefs - and unskilled Banglas and Myanmaris being employed cooking Hawker food.
All these complexities were ignored in Kula's UMNO-style edict.
Malaysians will eat curried excreta if it tastes nice and costs little. Either that or the urban, Malaysians middle class with an RM3,000 smartphone in their hand or notebook to use with the WiFi to check up on World Cup results are poverty stricken and are willing to pay for a Malaysian cook.
DeleteThus the necessity in drawing a CLEAR line about everything & anything in connecting with racial discrimination.
DeleteBlur-sotongs cry about racial infringement every second.
Spurious equal right bleeding hearts protest about racial discrimination every which way!
Too much free time to drill into the gray areas of fine line definition such as to create a phobia of racial demarcation down to everyday life details!
How moronic.
Ain't there more important & critical issues out there?
A sopo diversion, perhaps?
Kula has since clarified his statement, including saying it was a "suggestion".
ReplyDeleteAll in all, it makes his 1st statement Shoot-from-the-Hip bullshit.
Well, 1st strike for this loose-mouthed Minister.
Is it not clear by now that he is not of Ministerial quality? He speaks like a kedai kopi loudmouth. We basically got Samy Vellu before he learned how to really really "earn". Same old same old but early stages, just need to wait a while.
Deletei think kula was attacked is bec his decision is a stupid one, is that not y he backtrack?
ReplyDeleteIt is a correct the decision. But the lacks the intellectual heft to defend it. He is a lightweight. Not Minister material.
Deletei think me n u have very diff values wrt race n human.
DeleteIf Petronas can get special treatment for the country's oil extraction, why can't local cooks get special treatment for the country's restaurant cooking?
DeleteIf Petronas can be protected from Exxon Mobil, why can't local cooks be protected from foreign cooks?
One is a ketuanan diehard. The other us a blur equal right ultra.
DeleteOne is a anti-ketuanan retard who still fucking doesn't know he is supporting a ketuanan leadership like the fucking mongrel retard that he is.
Deletedid we ban mobil claiming that they r a disgrace, not hygiene, inferior etc etc? did local not always enjoy better treatment?
Delete"…a anti-ketuanan retard who still fucking doesn't know he is supporting a ketuanan leadership like the fucking mongrel retard that he is."
DeleteHuh……bila mamak jadi melayu tulin? Or have u seconded him?
U OBVIOUSLY belong to the same reading deficiency gang!
Bravo!
Do carry on.
Check his house.
ReplyDeleteSape dia Tukang masak dah amah?