C.K. Chung, president of the Chang Ku Group, says with pride: "Before us, there was no building worthy of representing Kaohsiung; we were the first." The project also marked several new "firsts" for building techniques in Taiwan.
「過去在高雄，沒有一棟值得代表的地標，是我們開了先河」，高雄長谷集團總裁鍾正光說，就營建技術來說，長谷當年也開創多項「全台第一」紀錄，包括台灣首棟全石材帷幕大樓、外牆速度組裝最快、首棟國際營建管理顧問監工等。