Chang, general manager of the T & C Tower Project for the Tuntex Distinct Corporation, says that the T & C Tower resulted from an off-hand comment by former Kaohsiung Mayor Su Nan-cheng, who said to the group's chairman Chen You-hao, "Why don't you build the tallest hotel in Asia?"
東帝士集團高雄超高大樓專案本部總經理張國祥也表示，大樓會規劃得這麼高，關鍵在民國七十五年、台南東帝士百貨開幕時，當時的高雄市長蘇南成向陳由豪董事長建議，「為何不蓋亞洲最高的旅館？」