The Tun Abdul Razak Complex, formerly the Penang Urban Centre, is a civic complex within the central business district of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. At the time of its completion in 1985, Komtar Tower, at 231.7 metres (760 ft), was the second tallest building in Asia and the tallest in Southeast Asia until 1986 when it was surpassed by One Raffles Place in Singapore. Other buildings in the complex include a hotel building, four shopping malls, an urban park, and a central transportation hub. The complex contains 1,420,000 square feet (132,000 m2) of office and retail space on a 27-acre (11 ha) superblock. It currently houses the administrative offices of the Penang state government and the chief minister of Penang.
Komtar Tower in 2024.
Bus route 101 at the first lane of the terminal
Windsor Building and Capitol Theatre, c.1937.
Lim Chong Eu, chief minister of Penang, was highly influential in the development of Komtar.
George Town is the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is the core city of the George Town Conurbation, Malaysia's second largest metropolitan area with a population of 2.84 million and the second highest contributor to the country's GDP. The city proper spans an area of 306 km2 (118 sq mi) encompassing Penang Island and surrounding islets, and had a population of 794,313 as of 2020.
Image: George Town, Penang at night (2) (cropped 4to 3, KOMTAR centred)
Image: Gurney Drive at night
Image: Butterworth and Penang Scenery (31409353540)
Image: Penang from Penang Road on rainy day 1 (15955759379, closeup)