Atkinson clock tower

ATKINSON CLOCK TOWER

Kota Kinabalu (Capital City)

One of the most enduring landmarks in KK which has stood prominently on the bluff along Signal Hill Road. It's built in 1903, as a memorial to Francis George Atkinson(first District Officer of KK). it has the distinction of being the oldest standing structure in the whole of Sabah that survived the air raids and blitz of world war II(WWII).

*still serves to keep the city's time.

About Francis George Atkinson:

• popular first District Officer of Jesselton during the British North Borneo Chartered company administration, who had succumbed to a tropical disease at the young age of 28.

Getting there:

you can stroll there or take any taxi from the bottom of Signal Hill Road at Padang Merdeka, turn left to get to the clock site, or view it from the city.