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Do you know that the old name for Jalan Bendahara in Melaka was Wolfestan Road?

  Wolfestan Road was renamed Jalan Bendahara. Wolfestan Road is one of a few road in Melaka during the Melaka Sultanate era. The road was named after Littleton Pipe Wolfestan who was attached to the colonial office from 3 December 1889 when he arrived in Melaka. Wolfestan had served in Penang, Singapore and Kedah before returning to Melaka from 1910 to 1920. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Melaka and the Chinese Baba Peranakan - Bristish Association held a farewell dinner for Wolfestan a week before he retired.   During the dinner, Tun Tan Cheng Lock highlighted that Melaka has grown better with health services, electrical lighting, road improvement and some other matter.   Apart from being rich in culture and cuisines, Wolfestan Road is also rich in history, which involves a combination of purity and wordly elements associated with goodness as well as tyranny.   A church is located at the beginning of the road and at the end of the road there is a place for people to re