September 3, 2010
Cambodia announces plan for tallest skyscraper in Asia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia
Impoverished Cambodia plans to build a 1,820-foot (555-meter) skyscraper, its prime minister said Wednesday, a feat that would give one of the region’s least-developed capitals the tallest building in Asia.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said he had approved a master plan for the skyscraper, which would be located about half a mile (one kilometre) from the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh — a dusty city of colonial villas, slums and one standout skyscraper, the recently completed Canadia Tower that is about 377 feet (115 metres) high.
Hun Sen did not say when construction would start or how much it would cost.
The company’s project manager, Touch Samnang, said preliminary estimates suggest the building would cost $200 million, but the project was being studied by experts and government ministries.
That figure is dwarfed by the sum for what is currently Asia’s tallest building, the Taipei 101 in Taiwan. Rising 1,667 feet (508 metres), it cost about $1.6 billion.
Associated Press
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