Bangunan Sultan Ibrahim
Sultan Ibrahim Building is Johor's state secretariat building, where state government departments are housed. It is located at Bukit Timbalan in the city centre of Johor Bahru. (The new state government offices is currently under construction at the new administrative centre at Nusajaya).The building was constructed between 1936 and 1939. It was officially opened by the late Sultan Ibrahim of Johor a year later. In 1942, when the Japanese occupied Malaya, its Japanese Imperial Army used it as a fotress and a command centre to spy on the British activities in Singapore which was attacked days later. The building was also partly damaged during the Japanese invasion. The damaged part is still visible today.
Its architecture combines colonial and Malay architecture with its Saracenic design and tower making it a landmark in Johor Bahru. The building was designed by the renowned British architecture firm, Palmer and Turner which was also responsible for designing the Johor Bahru General Hospital now known as Hospital Sultanah Aminah. The building houses the Chief Minister office and State Assembly hall. I had an oppurtunity to work in this building in 1995 during a semester break at Johor Public Work Department (Quantity Surveying Section). I have a sense of pride everytime I look at this building. It was also the tallest building in the country during the pre-Merdeka era. In Johor Bahru itself, it stood unchallenged as the tallest building in the town until the completion of the Merlin Tower in the 1970s. Visitors can now go all the way up to the observation floor. The view from this tower is simply stunning.
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