The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, has consented to the name change, the Sultan’s private secretary, Mohamad Munir Bani, posted on the Selangor Royal Office Facebook today.

He said Sultan Sharafuddin wanted to name the road after the renowned academician, Royal Professor Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid, who died on Dec 15, in recognition of his services and contributions in the field of education and the economy of the Malays.

“The selection of Jalan Universiti to be renamed as Jalan Prof Diraja Ungku Aziz is appropriate because the road is the main entrance to institutions of higher learning such as Universiti Malaya, the International Islamic University and Mahsa University.

“The Sultan has also granted an audience to Ungku Aziz’s daughter, Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, for him to convey his wishes on the name change,” he said.

According to Munir, Ungku Aziz was a lecturer at Universiti Malaya (Singapore) from 1952 until 1961, before he was made the dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya (Kuala Lumpur) from 1962 to 1965.

Jalan Universiti, stretching 3.2km, links Petaling Jaya to Kuala Lumpur and was built in 1960.