Swiftlet hotel, Segamat

This is the highest BH in Malaysia. It is 20 storeys high.

I heard that the highest in Thailand is 18 storeys. Anyone can confirm on this?

The annual premise license fee to be paid by the owner will be

= RM 240 per operation (based on Penang’s rate)

If based on Kelantan’s rate(the highest in Malaysia), it will turn out to be

= RM 1000 + 19 x RM 500

= RM 10,500 per year

I think the owner is a genius because he is bold enough to make this BH into reality.

The BH operation and maintenance will not be the same like our normal low rise BH.

First, how do the owner and his workers get up to the top floors? By lift? I do not think they use lift because i) electric consumption is very high ii) occupational hazard – if they are trapped inside the lifts, they will face problem to get out as nobody knows that they are in the lift except only their families.

So, they will use the fire escape staircase.

I think there are two fire staircases in this building. One staircase is used for the swiftlets to fly from one floor to another (I do not think they will use the lift shaft or hack openings coz this will create hazard of falling from height). The other one is for them to climb and escape in the event of fire and this is a bit risky. Also, they will face problem if need to carry something heavy to the top floors.