Rulers conference has no hand in name change of eight KL roads

The Conference of Rulers has never made or approved any resolution to rename eight main roads in the federal capital after the country's former Yang di-Pertuan Agong, said Keeper of the Rulers' Seal, Datuk Seri Syed Danial Syed Ahmad.

Syed Danial who stated this, also verified that the matter was never discussed at any meeting of the Conference of Rulers.

"What actually happened was that a proposal paper was submitted by the Federal Territories Ministry to the Keeper of the Rulers' Seal to be tabled at the 234th Meeting of the Conference of Rulers on Feb 27, 2014.

"However, the proposal paper was then withdrawn by the ministry and was not submitted again for discussion by the Conference of Rulers," he said in a statement, in the capital, Wednesday.

Syed Danial said the statement was issued to correct inaccurate news report on the matter on Nov 25.

On Nov 28, Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said Kuala Lumpur City Hall's (DBKL) decision to change the names of eight main roads in Kuala Lumpur was not made on the request of the Conference of Rulers, but it was the ministry's decision.

He said the decision was made as the country's kings were part of its history and should be remembered by the people always.

DBKL, in a statement recently, announced that the main roads involved were Jalan Duta, Jalan Khidmat Usaha, Jalan Ipoh, Persiaran Duta, Jalan Khidmat Setia and Jalan Ibadah, Lebuhraya Mahameru, Persiaran Mahameru and Jalan Semarak.

The names of these roads were respectively changed to Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, Persiaran Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, Jalan Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar, Persiaran Tuanku Ja'afar and Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra.

DBKL said the new names would be effective Nov 26.