‘MCDonald as benchmark for best practices’

KUCHING: Kuching North City Commission ( DBKU) will work closely with food operators on food safety, business premises cleanliness besides creating a conductive eating environment for families.

DBKU mayor Datuk Abang Abdul Wahap Abang Julai gave this assurance at the opening ceremony of the remodelled McDonald Padungan restaurant here yesterday

He said DBKU will work together with McDonald Malaysia to set up the first drive-in McDonald restaurant in Sarawak – also the first in Malaysia.

A drive-in restaurant entails customers to drive their car to a designated parking lot where a kiosk will be available for the customers to place their order and the food will be served to them inside their car.

Other collaboration under discussion was benchmarking

We are more than happy to do that (sharing McDonald food handling standards with food operators and eateries) because we had done that in many countries and some of the cities in Malaysia together with the city councils...We are happy to share our best practices.

McDonald food handling standard for all the food operators and eateries in DBKU areas to emulate.

“We are more than happy to do that (sharing McDonald food handling standards with food operators and eateries) because we had done that in many countries and some of the cities in Malaysia together with the city councils...We are happy to share our best practices,” said McDonald Malaysia local operating partner and managing director Azmir Jaafar at a press conference after the opening ceremony.

The renovation work for the remodelled McDonald Padungan restaurant costs RM1.7 million and the new restaurant incorporates innovative customers service concept such as table service and self-ordering kiosks.

The event also saw the handover of school packs to local primary school children as part of the ‘Back-to-School’ programme. More than 880 primary school children throughout Sarawak will receive school packs in preparation for the 2019 school session.

Spearheaded by McDonald Malaysia and Ronald McDonald House Charities ( RMHC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education Malaysia, the programme aimed at providing urban poor primary school children nationwide with new sets of school attire.

Azmir Jaafar, McDonald Malaysia local operating partner and managing director

Abdul Wahap (third right) presents the school packs to the students at the opening of the McDonald Padungan restaurant.

(From left) Sarawak Education Department students affairs director assistant head Jaya Uki, Azmir, Abdul Wahap, McDonald Malaysia consultant Dato Mohammed Nasir Rakhir, DBKU director Morshidi Ahmad and McDonald mascot Ronald McDonald launch the remodelled McDonald Padungan restaurant.