Menara JKP (formerly Menara UMNO)

Menara UMNO, Penang (25 November 2012)


Menara JKP (GPS: 5.41606, 100.32517) is a 21-storey skyscraper at 128 Macalister Road in George Town, Penang. It was formerly known as Menara UMNO. Menara JKP is located at the junction of Macalister Road and Jalan Zainul Abidin. The building is 93.6 meters tall, to the height of its roof. It was completed in 1998 and designed by local architect Kenneth Yeang of the firm T.R. Hamzah & Yeang. Special features of the skyscraper includes its wing walls that are positioned to catch prevaling winds. Its windows and balcony doors can be adjusted to control the flow of air and manage ventilation.

Menara UMNO, as seen from Kek Chuan Road (25 November 2012)

Updates on Menara JKP

17 December, 2018
Kwong Wah repoorted that Menara UMNO was renamed Menara JKP, after its owner, JKP Sdn Bhd, the developer arm of Majlis Pembangunan Bumiputra Pulau Pinang (Penang Bumiputra Development Council).

13 June, 2013:
A thunderstorm at 6:45pm caused a freak accident when the lightning arrestor at the top of Menara UMNO dropped off and crashed down to Macalister Road below. It destroyed several vehicles including a lorry carrying gas canisters. Two persons were killed in the tragic incident. They were identified as hawker Lim Chin Aik, whose car was driven six meters under the road surface by the impact, and lorry attendant Jahir Hussain Sulaiman, 46, who was on board a lorry carrying gas canisters. Others injured were identified as Norhalis Hayati Abd Latif, 30, Abd Latif Ramli, 71, Mohamad Badrul, 32, Rudi Ahmad, 34 and Samsiah Salim, 49. Separately, the same thunderstorm also caused the death of motorcyclist Wong Tze Chow, 33, when a tree fell onto his path.

Getting there

Menara JKP is located at the junction of Macalister Road with Jalan Zainul Abidin. If you are coming by public transport, you may take Rapid Penang Bus 10, 101 and 104.

Nearby Sights

The following are additional photos I have taken of Menara UMNO at various points in time.

Menara UMNO, as seen from Macalister Road (4 June 2006)


Menara UMNO (12 March 2009)


Menara UMNO, as seen from Jalan Zainul Abidin (12 March 2009)


Menara UMNO (12 March 2009)

Menara UMNO is on the Map of Jalan Macalister, Penang

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