All restaurants serving Malaysian food must have local cooks from Jan 1

File photo of the famous assam laksa stall at Air Itam market in Penang. - LIM BENG TATT / The Star

PETALING JAYA: The Human Resources Ministry wants all restaurants serving Malaysian food to only recruit locals as cooks from Jan 1, says its minister M. Kulasegaran.

However, he said all operators would be given up to the end of the year to ensure only local cooks work in their restaurants.