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Sri Lanka Planning Capital Telecoms Tower
Published on: 29th August 2008
Sri Lanka's government is to build a 250 metre tall common broadcast tower for television, radio and telecom firms, information minister Anura Yapa told the local Lanka Business Online news publication.
"The building of towers in a haphazard manner cannot be allowed," Minister Yapa said. "The tower will be a national icon, like those in China, Kuala Lumpur and Tehran."
Sri Lanka's telecom regulator, Priyantha Kariyapperuma said that the tower will be located in the greater Colombo area and will be open to the public with a restaurant and observation deck.
While the government will fund and construct the tower, it has not ruled out a sale later if companies are interested.
The BT Tower in London, UK also originally opened with a revolving restaurant at the top - but this was closed following a terrorist attack.
Despite being opened to the public initially, and dominating the skyline, until the mid-1990s, the BT Tower was officially a state secret, and did not appear on official maps. Its existence was finally "confirmed" by Kate Hoey, MP, on 19 February 1993: "Hon. Members have given examples of seemingly trivial information that remains officially secret. An example that has not been mentioned, but which is so trivial that it is worth mentioning, is the absence of the British Telecom tower from Ordnance Survey maps. I hope that I am covered by parliamentary privilege when I reveal that the British Telecom tower does exist and that its address is 60 Cleveland Street, London."
On the web: Lanka Business Online
Tags: [bt] [towers] [tower] [british telecom] [terrorist] [kuala lumpur] [Sri Lanka]
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