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DUBAI - DUBAI developers Nakheel on Sunday announced plans to build a tower which could stand one kilometre high, beating the booming city state's own world record.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulaim, president of Dubai World, a holding company, said the project would be 'one of a kind", the Emirati news agency WAM reported.
A whole town is to be built covering 270 hectares, forming a new Dubai and including 'a tower which could reach one kilometre in height,' Sultan Sulaim was quoted as saying.
The Nakheel Harbour and Tower project has a target date of 2020 for completion at a cost of billions of dirhams, he said, referring to the Emirati currency which is worth US$0.27 (S$0.39).
The world's tallest building, the yet to be completed Burj Dubai tower reached a height of 688 metres at the start of September and is still growing, according to developers Emaar.
It now boasts 160 storeys, the highest skyscraper in the world, Emaar said.
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