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The Petronas Twin Towers
“You can shop if you want, after we visited the (Petronas) Skybridge,” said M. Jayakumar, general manager for Group HR and Administrative Services of Tanjong Public Limited Co., one of the companies housed at the Maxis Building in Kuala Lumpur City Center (KLCC).
I just smiled. We were standing inside the KLCC Suria Mall, one of the largest shopping malls in Malaysia and maybe South East Asia for that matter. Suria Mall is located at the foot of the Petronas Twin Towers.
Forgive me but for the first time, I saw a line of prime signature shops that I just watch on TV or read in the magazines. Hermes Paris, Prada, Chanel, Christian Dior, and Calvin Klein to name a few. It is my first time in Kuala Lumpur. I enjoyed the visit at the Petronas Twin Towers and the KLCC. Suria Mall is a haven to multi-millionaire-shoppers but not for average workers like me (Read: I am poor, LOL). The mall is also full of restaurants, bars and fine dining cafes.
Suria Mall's artistic roof viewed from the Petronas Towers
Prada at Suria Mall
Art Shops at the Suria Mall
My eyes feast on the place’s sophistication. Fast life, good life, high value community. Kuala Lumpur is indeed a well-developed city. The Malaysians are proud and they should be. I hope we can come up with our own version of KLCC someday. Makati City could not even be compared.
So if you think you have cash and you are a shopaholic, visit Kuala Lumpur and don’t miss Suria Mall! (Story by Mini A./Photos by Trends and Spots)
Petronas Twin Towers at night
Standing strong and bold at 451.9 meters or 1,482.6 feet, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur speak of Malaysia’s power and prestige as one of the fastest developing countries in Asia.
Designed in reinforced concrete with a steel and glass façade, the 88-floor Petronas Towers were once the world’s tallest buildings in the world before being surpassed by Taipei 101 in 2004. Although at present, the twin towers are still the tallest twin buildings in the world. Petronas resemble motifs found in Islamic art, a reflection of Malaysia’s Muslim religion.
Completed in 1998, the Petronas Towers became one of the famous world destinations with at least 1,700 visitors and tourists daily. The tourists are only allowed at the Petronas’ Skybridge, the highest 2-story bridge in the world. The bridge is 170m above the ground and 58 m long, weighing 750 tons. The skybridge also serves as a safety device, so that in the event of a fire or other emergency in one tower, tenants can evacuate by crossing the skybridge to the other tower.
The Petronas Tower 1 is central corporate office of Petronas, short for Petroliam Nasional Berhad.
Petronas Twin Towers (Photo from Wikipedia)
Petronas is a Malaysian-owned oil and gas company that was founded on August 17, 1974. It is fully owned by the Malaysian Government and specifically entrusted with the responsibility of developing and adding value to Malaysia’s entire oil and fuel resources.
According to Wikipedia, Petronas is ranked among Fortune Global 500’s largest corporations in the world. In 2008, Fortune ranked Petronas as the 95th largest company in the world and as the 8th most profitable company in the world and the most profitable in Asia.
Meanwhile, Petronas Tower 2 houses a number of companies including Accenture, Al Jazeera English, Carigali Hess Bloomberg, Boeing, IBM, Khazanah Nasional Berhad, McKinsey & Co, TCS, HCL Technologies, Krawler Networks, Microsoft, The Agency (a modeling company) and Reuters.
Designed by Argentine-American architect César Pelli, the Petronas Towers built on the site of Kuala Lumpur’s race track. Because of the depth of the bedrock, the buildings were built on the world’s deepest foundations.
Kuala Lumpur viewed from Petronas Towers 45th floor
M. Jayakumar, RC Metro Clark Pres. Maribel Sison, Mini A., and Rtrn. Sonny Dobles at the Petronas' Skybridge
Mini A. at the Petronas Towers Skybridge
Beating the protocol and the formalities, I was able to sniff the air at the Petronas’ Skybridge on the 41st floor last July 5 (Sunday). Thanks to the generosity and hospitality of M. Jayakumar, general manager for Group HR and Administrative Services of Tanjong Public Limited Co., one of the companies housed at the Maxis Building in Kuala Lumpur City Center (KLCC). KLCC is likewise the home of the Petronas Twin Towers. M. Jayakumar gave our delegation, the Rotary Club of Metro Clark led by President Maribel Sison, a tour at the KLCC.
Kuala Lumpur City Center Park
The Skybridge
The KLCC is also a home to Suria KLCC, one of the largest shopping malls in Malaysia and the 17-acre KLCC Park with jogging and walking paths, a fountain with incorporated light show, wading pools, and a children’s playground. (Story by Mini A./Photos by Mini A. and M. Jayakumar)
