Komtar

Komtar Tower, or Menara Komtar Complex is Penang's tallest building and the sixth tallest building in Malaysia located in the heart of George Town, dominating the island's skyline. KOMTAR is an acronym for Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak. When the skyscraper topped out it was the second tallest building in Asia after Sunshine 60 in Tokyo. Komtar was still Malaysia's tallest building for 3 years before it was surpassed by Menara Maybank in Kuala Lumpur in 1988.

Komtar is a multipurpose complex consisting of retail outlets, transportation hub and administrative offices for the Penang State Government. An acronym for Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak, KOMTAR was named after Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, the second prime minister of Malaysia, who officiated in the piling of Phase 1 on 1 January 1974. It bears the same name as Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak in Johor Bahru, built about the same time but on a smaller scale. The Johor Bahru KOMTAR only has 25 storeys.

The 65-storey tower is a 232 m (761 ft) 12-sided geometric block 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.^[5] and designed and constructed with local expertise, also a geodesic dome of Buckminster Fuller's design. The architect involved in the design of the building was Lim Chong Keat, the younger brother of Dr Lim Chong Eu.

KOMTAR Tower commenced construction in 1974 and at the time of its construction, Komtar is regarded as one of the cutting-edge buildings in Penang. KOMTAR was the vision of the then Chief Minister of Penang Dr Lim Chong Eu to revitalise the urban centre of George Town and usher the state forward.

KOMTAR occupies an 11-hectare site and is the single most ambitious urban renewal project undertaken by Penang Development Corporation, the development arm of the Penang state government. The master plan is divided into five phases for implementation.

Goat Farm in Penang

Balik Pulau Goat Farm is situated at a 5 acres land in Permatang Pasir, Balik Pulau, Penang, Malaysia. Our dairy goats are imported from Australia of the Saanen breed.  These Saanen Dairy Goats are organically fed with freshly cut grass, silage and kept in a modern climate controlled barn.

In our dairy milk production, hygiene is very important. This Penang Goat Farm uses minimal human handling and most of the processes are automated including the milking process.

Happy Goats Farm produces around 100 liters of fresh goats milk daily, which are mostly sold for direct consumption, made into yogurt (kefir), ice cream, goat cheese (chevre), feta and goat cheese spread.

Saanen Dairy Goats

Saanen goats are white or cream colored breed of goats, named after the Saanen valley in Switzerland. Saanens  goats are highly intelligent, clean, agile, friendly and among the largest of the dairy goats. This breed is sensitive to excessive sunlight and performs best in cooler conditions. Hygienically collected Saanen’s Pure Goat Milk is delicious and slightly sweet in taste.

Grass Fed Dairy Goats

All the Saanan dairy goats at Balik Pulau Goat farm are fed with Rosie and Napiar grass planted at our farm. Goat milk from grass fed goats have better nutritious value and goats consuming grass planted at our own farm will help to reduce contamination from diseases and worms.

Climate Control Barn

Happy Goats is the pioneer in goat farming using close house climate control barn. The benefit of using this system is these animals are not exposed to harmful virus and bacteria from other animal. By using this method of farming the farm are able to be kept clean with minimum usage of water and the animals would be in their natural environment as the temperature in the barn is kept cool similar to the weather in Australia. As such we are able to bring the best breed of Saanan dairy goat from Australia to our farm in Balik Pulau, Penang, Malaysia.

The advantage of having the best breed of goat will result in higher production of milk per animal, better quality of milk (no harmful bacteria), with good nutritious value and taste. All these benefits will be passed down to the consumer and for the first time in Penang consumers will be able to enjoy hygienically produced goat’s milk with high quality and good taste (without the goaty smell) .