Taiwan lifts recognised as world's fastest

A pair of high-speed lifts in Taiwan have been officially recognised as the world's fastest. As the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk reports, the lifts in the TFC 101 Tower in Taipei, Taiwan, take only 30 seconds to take passengers to the top. The "Guinness Book of Records" has declared the 17m per second speed of the two lifts the fastest on earth. At 508m, The TFC Tower is also now officially the world's tallest skyscraper - more than 50 metres taller than the Petronas Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which was formerly the world's tallest. The lifts also feature the world's first pressure control system to prevent passengers' ears popping as they ascend and descend at high speed.