‘Smart Mamak’ to cut costs at outlets

Smart technology: Idris (holding smartphone) trying out the Smart Mamak app after launching it at Restoran Ali Maju in Putrajaya. Looking on are UKM University Board Of Directors chairman Tan Sri Dr Ibrahim Saad (left), Presma president Ayoob Khan Muhamad Yakub (on Idris’ right) and Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Mary Yap (right).

PUTRAJAYA: Mamak restaurant patrons can soon order their favourite roti canai and mee goreng on their mobile phones.

A mobile application dubbed Smart Mamak was developed by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) as a possible solution to tackle the dependence on foreign workers at ma­­mak restaurants, said UKM deputy vice-chancellor (research and innovation) Prof Dr Mohd Ekhwan Toriman.