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YOUR OPINION | “Instead of renaming the roads, there are many roads in KL that need repair.”
Minister wants Jalan Palestin to replace English road names, not Raja Laut
2 cents: Naming a path to “Palestinian Jalan” in support of the Palestinian cause and a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is merely symbolic. I am sure that Malaysia could do more in this area.
No matter the token effort, Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa seemed totally disoriented on this matter. It was “Jalan Raja Laut 1” that was renamed, not “Jalan Raja Laut”.
Raja Laut as a historical figure still has its place in history in the form of a main road that runs from Jalan Tun Perak to Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah.
On the other hand, Annuar, are you trying to say that Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane, the highest ranking administrator of the Malay Federated States from 1930 to 1932, does not deserve a place in history?
Heart of Malaysia: When there are so many new roads in housing estates that only have numbers, why not give these roads new names?
In the first place, those roads with historical names were named precisely after some significant event or person or place for us to commemorate and remember.
Leave these road names as they are. They are a kind of historical records. We should keep and appreciate them.
It is as if you want to change your ancestor’s name to another just because it no longer exists and you want to forget it.
Can we at least have some respect for our history to remind ourselves of where we came from and how we got here?
Bobby0: History is one of the main attraction points for tourists. And it not only attracts tourists, it reminds us of our past.
It shows the contribution of our ancestors to our nation. Each road sign signifies the contribution of someone great or their sacrifice for the nation.
We cannot eradicate history, even if we try. The records are on file for anyone interested in viewing them. Even now, with a click of the button, the complete information appears on a screen in front of us.
Charity, as they say, begins at home. We must first learn to take care of our own before reaching out to others.
How many roads in Palestine even have a Malay name or even some kind of meaning for our nation?
Ranjit Singh Malhi: Great minds focus on significant changes to develop the nation and promote greater unity. Little minds focus on changing road names, which only results in “syok sendiri” (self-satisfaction).
The British were part of Malaysian history, and despite some shortcomings, they left behind a strong civil service and a strong legal system. Palestine has little to do with the history of our nation.
What a pity. May God bless Malaysia and provide our leaders with “hidayah” (guidance) to effectively lead the nation to greater heights.
Olxrev: First of all, is renaming a path to something really that important? Especially compared to the current situation we are facing, is that the Covid-19 pandemic?
Second, instead of renaming the roads, why not go and repair the roads that require repairs? There are many suburbs and I’m pretty sure they need new roads or repairs.
TheTruthPls: Is this all this minister is for?
Is anyone bothered by the atrocious state of the roads in Kuala Lumpur, especially around Jalan Klang Lama and Jalan Kuchai Lama? So many rough and bumpy roads, especially in front of the wet market.
Sweet potato: Of all the problems they need to address in the country, they are obsessed with renaming roads to “show support” for other peoples. I wonder if they understand the word “priority”.
And by the way, have you conducted a poll to make sure Malaysians support the idea?
The average man: One can only shake one’s head to read the superficial standards of our politicians who bark on unimportant issues and are always ready to spin the racial nuances for which they are known.
At this rate, don’t expect our country to advance at all.
Hawk: This is classic social engineering and subtle removal from the nation’s history through covert operations like this one.
It started much earlier in stages in other areas. So where does it end?
At the root of all these clandestine deliberations is a vulgar, racial and religious fascism at stake. Is it a movement to create a false historical narrative to feed the current gluttonous and racist appetite of some people to deny the facts that certain communities contributed to what Malaysia is today?
And is there no shame in adopting fiction as part of one’s own story? What illusion, denial and hypocrisy.
ZainiHussin: It seems that the mentality of certain Malaysians has been “colonized” by Arab culture. They are our new “colonial” masters.
Always colonized, Malaysians have no identity of their own. Now we should work to get ‘merdeka’ from them. Very pathetic. Wassalam.
Norman Fernandez: Now that Jalan Raja Laut 1 has been changed to Jalan Palestine, all because to show the world that Malaysia stands in solidarity with the Palestinians, it is also time for Malaysia to change other road names.
To show our solidarity with Kashmir, we can exchange Jalan Masjid India for Jalan Kashmir. Not forgetting the Uyghurs, perhaps we can also consider renaming a road in Jinjang to Jalan Xinjiang or Jalan Uyghur.
Finally, and for the time being to show that Malaysia is committed to becoming the voice of the Rohingya, it is only appropriate that a road in Selayang be renamed Jalan Rohingya or Jalan Rakhine.
Let us show the world our commitment to stand in solidarity with the oppressed and the defenseless.
Hopefully, the 57 Muslim countries of the OIC can find a street in their country to name it Malaysia as well.
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