Posted Nov 29, 2010, 5:35 PM
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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Against Mega-Tower Plan
November 29, 2010
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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday came out against government plans to build a 100-story mega-tower in the capital, which have already sparked an outcry on Facebook.
After initially supporting the project, Mahathir said the $1.6 billion Warisan Merdeka (Heritage of Independence) tower would eclipse his brainchild, Kuala Lumpur’s 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers.
More than 263,000 people have signed a Facebook petition against Prime Minister Najib Razak’s skyscraper plan, saying that taxpayers’ money would be better spent on education, health care and public transport.
“I would like to retain the Twin Towers as the highest buildings in Malaysia,” said Mahathir, who retired in 2003.
“At the moment we don’t need any tower higher than that. We should build the 100-story tower, but maybe a little bit later when I am not around,” he said.
The Petronas Twin Towers were the world’s tallest buildings when completed in 1998.
Najib, who wants the new tower built by 2020 as part of an ambitious new infrastructure push, has said the project can become a business hub and that the Petronas Twin Towers originally attracted similar criticism.
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