[Random Pics: Day#269] Broken Ah Loy

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 11:35 pm | Blog | project 365 #1 | emo

A broken road sign of the road Jalan Yap Ah Loy, whose name is to commemorate Yap Ah Loy, a Kapitan Cina (Chinese Kapitan) served in the mid 1800s and started the development of Kuala Lumpur as a commercial and mining centre…

It is sad to see that such a road sign been torn apart and yet to be repaired. The road might be just a small road, and it might be just an ordinary road sign, but it is indeed a slap on to the face of the chinese community. Why? Let me repeat, the road sign is to commemorate one of the most important Chinese leaders of the pre-independence era. And it’s been torn apart (what even worst is the name has been torn apart). And nobody give a d4mn about it and repair it.

Wonder how will it turn out if the name on the road sign is “Tunku Abdul Rahman” or “Tun Abdul Razak” etc… Perhaps if it really does happened, you might already can see it in the Malay papers…

Photo taken yesterday night.

#269

P/S: Just some thoughs of a little citizen. No offence. No intention of raising the so-call “racial issue”. It’s a public road sign, which also is the property of the state, for god sake.