Singapore - French professional climber Alain Robert will scale a building in Singapore as part of The Straits Times' 163rd anniversary celebrations, the newspaper said on Tuesday.

The building is being kept a secret until the event on Saturday.

Robert, 45, has conquered such skyscrapers as Taipei 101, the Empire State Building and the Petronas Twin Towers.

He was arrested in the city-state when he attempted to climb the 63-storey Overseas Union Bank Building in 2000. Police nabbed him on the 23rd floor for criminal trespassing.

Robert will wear a safety harness as part of the rules governing his Singapore climb. (dpa)