The Penang government has decided to impose a ban on foreign cooks for street hawkers, after 86 percent of respondents in its survey supported the proposal.
In the survey conducted by the Penang Municipal Council, 14 percent of the respondents disagreed with the ban, which proponents say will protect the authencity of Penang food.
State exco member Chow Kon Yeow, chairperson of the Local Government committee, said that the survey was based on face-to-face and online interviews conducted on 14,810 people from Jul 25 to Aug 31.
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