Complex sentence: The building originally housed the offices of the British colonial administration, and was known simply as Government Offices in its early years, in 1974 it was renamed after Sultan Abdul Samad, the reigning sultan of Selangor at the time when construction began.
Split into simpler sentences: The building originally housed the offices of the British colonial administration, and was known simply as Government Offices in its early years. In 1974 it was renamed after Sultan Abdul Samad, the reigning sultan of Selangor at the time when construction began.