Rename Lebuh Ampang ‘Chetty Street’, says Saravanan
PETALING JAYA:
MIC deputy president M Saravanan wants Lebuh Ampang in Kuala Lumpur to be renamed “Chetty Street” to honour the Chettiar community’s historical contributions to Malaya’s economic development.
The Tapah MP said the street was once affectionately known as “Chetty Theru” or “Lorong Ceti”, as it had been the financial hub for the South Indian trading community, especially in moneylending and informal finance.
“They were not just lenders, they were enablers of dreams, builders of industries, and quiet architects of Malaya’s economic rise,” he said in a statement.
Saravanan said since the early 19th century, Chettiar financiers operated from modest shophouses, offering credit to tin miners, rubber…
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