Sources from a couple of blogs have revealed that Jalan Alor has been renamed to Jalan Kejora. The reason given by DBKL is as follows:
“…Jalan Alor’s name was changed at the request of the National Economic Action Council following decisions made in its exco meeting. With regard to that, DBKL’s Road Naming Committee concluded in its meeting that the name of Jalan Alor be changed to Jalan Kejora to go with other roads in the vicinity named after the stars….”
Is that really a good enough reason to rename a street? Then they can decide to rename the entire area after wildlife, states, basically whatever they wish. Imagine KL city centre having all the roads named, Jalan Penang, Jalan Pahang, Jalan Wilayah Pereketuan, Jalan Selangor, Jalan Johor etc…
I wonder how business will be for the uncle who sells that wonderfull beef noodles on the corner of Jalan Alor Jalan Kejora? I wonder if less people will go there because they can’t say the name of his street or just don’t remember it at all.
Oh well, only time will tell. I’m still hoping that they change their mind and rename it ‘Jalan The Big Dipper’. Stars right?
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