KUALA LUMPUR: National tower runner Soh Wai Ching carved a new record in the Malaysia Book of Records (MBOR) after completing the climb of the 106 floors of the Exchange Tower in under 14 minutes on Wednesday (Jan 14).

The Selayang-born runner completed the climb involving 2,228 steps to the top of the tower, with a time of 13:07s in conjunction with National Take the Stairs Day, which is celebrated on Wednesday, the second week of January.