KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 — National tower runner Soh Wai Ching today set a new record in the Malaysia Book of Records after completing the 106-floor climb at Exchange 106 in under 14 minutes.

The Selayang-born athlete clocked 13 minutes and seven seconds to scale 2,228 steps to the top of the tower, achieving the feat in conjunction with National Take the Stairs Day, observed in the second week of January.