Monday 24 April 2006

KL Road Sign

Road sign in KL has a standard format of rounded rectangle with blue background and white border. Words and white border is coated with reflective layer, which I think is great, especially driving at night. I'll show one famous and one infamous road sign of KL.

Jalan Bangsar is named after Bangsar estate, which was a rubber plantation estate by French-Belgian association formed by Mr Bunge and Mr Grisar. Now, when people mentioned Bangsar, they usually associate it with the night life of Bangsar, which is actually located at Jalan Telawi, instead of Jalan Bangsar.

This infamous road in KL, which many people associate it with vices, although it is named after Loke Chow Kit (陸秋傑), a prominent businessman and a municipal councilor back then. It's a pity that a negative perception might surface when someone mentioned Jalan Chow Kit, rather than the story of the man itself. You can read more about Loke Chow Kit here.

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