 "Old Market Square" as ""Medan Pasar Besar"" and "Foch Avenue" as ""Jalan Foch""), as Malay was officially adopted as the official language of Malaysia in 1967.The vast majority of the street names was further renamed "en masse" in 1981, as part of post-independence decolonisation pushed by the then newly elected Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad.Street names which previously featured semblances of English origins were replaced by those commemorating local Malay figures, Malay culture and key politicians in Malaya/Malaysia.