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Accelerated growth over the years sees the uprising of Bayan Baru township. SUNTECH, the tallest building dominates the skyline, PISA on the foreground plays an important role to the city.

Being part of Penang’s Cybercity, Suntech building (being the tallest) dominates the skyline around Bayan Baru area. PISA (Penang International Sports Areana) can be seen in the foreground too.

The island seen behind is Pulau Jerejak.

We may see the piling work being carried out far behind the photo. It is for the construction of Penang’s second bridge.

Location plotted on the map is Suntech.

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The Silver Pagoda is a compound located on the North side of the palace complex. It features a royal temple officially called Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot but is commonly referred to as Wat Preah Keo. Its main building houses many national treasures such as gold and jeweled Buddha statues. Most notable is a small 17th century baccarat crystal Buddha (the “Emerald Buddha” of Cambodia) and a near-life-size, Maitreya Buddha encrusted with 9,584 diamonds dressed in royal regalia commissioned by King Sisowath. During King Sihanouk’s pre-Khmer Rouge reign, the Silver Pagoda was inlaid with more than 5,000 silver tiles and some of its outer facade was remodeled with Italian marble. (Quoted from Wikipedia)

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After being an abandoned building in Georgetown for many years, it finally got its makeover and shines once more. Officially opens its door to its customers on April 2009, it is the fifth and largest hotel so far by Air Asia affiliate company, Tune Hotels.com.

Hotel Official Website

Boosting one of the world’s most important shipping port, Hong Kong lights up brilliantly at night. In the picture, IFC being the tallest structure in Hong Kong (on the right) dominates the skyline. On the left, there are Bank Of China Tower, AIG, HSBC and many more.

See this photo also in flickr.

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KOMTAR (Malay: Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak), or more accurately KOMTAR Tower (Menara KOMTAR in Malay) is Penang’s tallest building and the sixth tallest building in Malaysia. It is located in the heart of George Town. When the skyscraper topped out it was the tallest building in Asia, by the time construction was completed it had however been surpassed by Seoul’s Korean Life Insurance Building (KLI 63 Building). The 65-storey tower is a 12-sided geometric block, 760ft (232m) tall, sitting atop a 4-storey podium. The complex comprises office and retail commercial space as well as public and recreational facilities. It was designed by Architects Team 3 (AT3) of Singapore.

Read more about KOMTAR at Wikipedia

Technical Note: This shot is taken using Canon 400D with Sigma 18-200 (non-OS) using exposure-bracketing at -2, 0 and +2. They are then further processed using Lightroom 2 and Photomatix Pro 3.1.