Flashback #Star50: Komtar still an icon in Penang




IT was quite a feat in the 1980s.

Komtar was Malaysia’s first building over 200m tall with 65 storeys when it was completed in 1985. It also held the distinction of being Asia’s second tallest tower then, second only to Sunshine 60 in Tokyo.

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