Kota Kinabalu Court Complex
| Kota Kinabalu Court Complex | |
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Kompleks Mahkamah Kota Kinabalu | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Court complex |
| Location | No. 1, Kebajikan Road, 88300, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia |
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| Groundbreaking | April 2014 |
| Construction started | 22 July 2014 |
| Estimated completion | 21 October 2017[1] |
| Opened | September 2018[2] |
| Inaugurated | October 2018[3] |
| Cost | RM177 million[2] |
| Owner | Sabah Judicial Department[4] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Shah Architect and Chong Ten Lip[1] |
| Other information | |
| Parking | 270 lots (19 for judges, 88 for staff at the lower ground, 161 surface car parks, two for disabled people and a parking bay for bus)[4] |
| Website | |
| judiciary | |
Kota Kinabalu Court Complex (Malay: Kompleks Mahkamah Kota Kinabalu) is a court complex located on a 2.5 hectares (6.25-acre) site land atop Punai Hill in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
History
[edit | edit source]The new court complex began to be constructed on 22 July 2014 through federal-funded project since its groundbreaking in April of the same year at a cost of RM177 million as the replacement of an old single high court building before it was completed in 2018.[2][4] Although the construction completion was delayed for another few months, the developer managed to saved about RM1.4 million from the RM177 allocation by the federal government.[2] In April 2019, the Integrated Court System (ICS) being installed on the complex to improve court management.[3]
Features
[edit | edit source]The new complex design combining three Sabah's ethnic elements, namely the Kadazan-Dusun, Bajau Laut and Murut that also incorporated motifs of the country national flower of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (Chinese hibiscus), and Sabah's official flower of Rafflesia.[2] The exterior incorporated similar resemblance to the Palace of Justice at Putrajaya.[1] Inside the complex, it has three High Courts, six Magistrates' courts, six Sessions Courts including the Child Sexual Offence Court and a Federal Court.[2]
References
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