Najib: Warisan Merdeka tower to go ahead only if commercially viable
Just jail Mahathir then you can build anything ... literally. If not building chicken house also people will f*** you.
KUALA LUMPUR: Permodalan Nasional Bhd's proposed 100-storey Warisan Merdeka tower will go ahead only if it is commercially viable, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said today.He said the project must also contribute towards the larger economic development within the particular area and provide business opportunities.
"The project must satisfy these conditions and if the conditions are met, it will go ahead.
"It must provide the impetus and catalyst for a greater Kuala Lumpur," he told reporters after delivering a keynote address at the Seventh Asean Finance Ministers' Investors Seminar entitled "Discovering Tomorrow's Asean" here.
Yesterday, former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said there was no need for another high tower in the country yet because there were signs of a property glut.
Najib, who is Finance Minister, said it was up to Permodalan Nasional to do the financial calculation.
On a perception that Warisan Merdeka would overshadow the 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers, which was credited to Mahathir, he said: "That is a totally frivolous statement. We are talking about continuity.
"What Mahathir has done is admirable but what we need to do is build on his success and move on and develop Malaysia."
Besides, he said, Warisan Merdeka was project of 10 years and beyond and the area around Stadium Merdeka, where the project is proposed to take place, was a strategic area.
"It is a long-term project. It is not to be viewed two to three years.
"If you look at the skyline of Kuala Lumpur in 2020, it cannot be the same as today. Pudong in Shanghai has so many skyscrapers. Certainly, much, much more.
"Let us try to visualise the KL in the year 2020. Let us look at the long-term perspective. After all, if Vision 2020 is achieved, it is about a vision that was initiated by Mahathir himself," he said.
- Bernama
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