Nazri sifatkan MCA tidak relevan selepas dikritik atas sokongan terhadap Guan Eng...
Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz menyifatkan MCA tidak lagi relevan sejak pilihan raya umum (PRU) lalu selepas parti Cina itu mengkritiknya atas sokongan kepada kerajaan Pulau Pinang yang melarang warga asing menjadi tukang masak di warung dan gerai makan.
Menteri Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan itu berkata MCA seharusnya melihat usaha kerajaan negeri Pulau Pinang itu akan membuka lebih banyak peluang pekerjaan kepada warga tempatan.
"Saya tak kisah apa yang mereka katakan. Saya pentingkan rasa makanan peniaga tempatan.
"Bagi saya, kita tidak boleh meminta warga Bangladesh memasak makanan Cina dan mengharapkan rasanya enak kerana ia pasti berbeza dengan apa yang dimasak warga tempatan," katanya.
Justeru itu, Nazri menyokong cadangan Lim walaupun ketua menteri itu berbeza aliran politiknya.
"Bagi saya, Lim benar dalam hal ini kerana apa yang penting pelancong datang ke Malaysia.
"Peniaga warung di Pulau Pinang terkenal dan jika 10 juta pelancong datang ke Pulau Pinang, ia bermakna melawat Malaysia," katanya.
Beliau mengulas kenyataan Setiausaha Agung Pemuda MCA Leong Kim Soon yang menyelar sokongannya terhadap Lim yang melarang warga asing menjadi tukang masak di warung.
MCA berkata sokongan Nazri itu memberi gambaran Putrajaya bersetuju dengan cadangan tersebut.
Nazri berkata kepada The Malaysian Insider bahawa apa yang dikatakan MCA tidak dihiraukannya terutamanya parti itu tidak lagi relevan selepas PRU13.
Beliau turut mempersoalkan mengapa MCA mempolitikkan isu itu dan secara tiba-tiba mengambil berat tentang pekerja asing berbanding pekerja tempatan.
“Apa yang mereka kisahkan kepada pekerja asing?
“Tak peliklah mereka kalah pilihan raya lepas kerana mereka tidak mempunyai arah yang betul,” katanya.
Leong berkata jika pekerja asing dan tempatan dapat menyediakan masakan yang sama rasa dan standardnya, isunya kembali kepada bagaimana menangani pekerja asing itu.
“Biasanya, pekerja asing menyediakan masakan selepas semua bahan disediakan.
“Tiada yang dipanggil sentuhan rahsia apabila bahan dan ramuan semuanya sudah disediakan,” katanya.
Nazri berkata beliau setuju dengan cadangan Lim bagi memelihara rasa masakan jalanan warisan negeri.
Katanya, kerajaan negeri akan berdepan kesukaran mempromosikan warung Pulau Pinang jika warga asing yang menjadi tukang masaknya.
“Ia tidak akan sama. Saya fikir warga tempatan perlu berbangga dengan masakan yang menjadi kemasyhuran Pulau Pinang.
“Rakyat tempatan mesti menyokong memelihara standard, kualiti dan warisan makanan Pulau Pinang,” katanya.
Leong dalam mempersoalkan sokongan Nazri berkata, pengambilan tukang masak warga asing akan dapat mengatasi kekurangan tenaga kerja. – tmi
Nazri lashes MCA on ban on foreign cooks issue...
Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz has blasted the MCA for defending the interest of foreigners and not Malaysians when the party criticised him for supporting the ban on foreign cooks.
Nazri said he does not care about what MCA says as "the party does not represent the rakyat". He added that the MCA has "truly lost its direction" as it was not showing concern about Penangites or its local food, which the party should do, instead of speaking out for foreigners.
"Moreover, they don't have any seats in Penang, they are speaking on behalf of who?" he asked Malaysiakini, when contacted. He said the trouble with MCA, was that they just want to oppose Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (right), whether he was right or wrong.
"For me, if Guan Eng is right, I will support," the minister added. "If they have a problem with Guan Eng, that is not my problem, it is theirs, they have to deal with it," he stressed.
Protecting Penangites
Nazri said he was more interested in protecting Penangites who lost their jobs or income due to hawkers hiring foreigners to do the job. He added he was also very concerned about preserving Penang food's unique tastes which are famous internationally.
"I am in the cabinet and all of us are concerned about the two million documented foreigners and two million undocumented ones in the country," he said.
"As for Penang food, before the taste deteriorates further with foreign cooks, it is good that the matter be looked into, and I am only talking about hawkers and not five star hotels or Italian restaurants," he added.
Nazri also criticised those who described as "xenophobia" the proposal to ban foreign cooks.
"Please go back to class and learn the real meaning of xenophobia - the word is probably to bombastic for such people," he quipped.
He was responding to MCA youth secretary general Leong Kim Soon for criticising him for "agreeing" with Guan Eng on the issue, saying it might be for "personal publicity".
Leong had questioned if Nazri really comprehended that Guan Eng’s proposal would have a real impact on Penang as a foodie’s paradise.
Leong also pointed out that the online survey taken by the Penang state government to obtain feedback regarding its proposal was "littered with errors".
"I hope that Nazri can understand that as a tourism minister, his remarks to a large extent, represents the federal government’s position," Leong had said.
Nazri had fully backed Guan Eng's Penang's proposal to ban foreigners from working as cooks at hawker stalls, in a move to preserve the authenticity of Penang's famous street food. He made the remark after launching the Georgetown Festival (GTF) 2014 in Penang, according to The Star.
Guan Eng's proposal had been criticised by well-known chef, Redzuwan Ismail, better known as Chef Wan, who said Malaysia would be a laughing stock if the move was implemented.- mk
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