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Indian eatery chain Springleaf Prata Place has faced a perennial struggle in finding suitable kitchen employees despite efforts to recruit local staff.
Director S.V. Gunalan, 47, said each of Springleaf's nine outlets usually hire two cooks from India on S Passes, one from China on a work permit and one from Malaysia - maximising his foreign worker quota.
