NO DECISION ON THIRD BRIDGE YET - M'SIAN PM

SAMARAHAN (Malaysia), June 19 (Bernama) -- The government has not decided
whether to go ahead with the proposed building of the third bridge linking
Malaysia and Singapore.

Prime Minister Najib Razak said the matter was still at the
proposal stage, and an indepth study must be carried out before implementing it
to determine whether it would benefit both countries.

"There is no final decision on the matter yet as we have to see whether the
third bridge project is viable or not," he told reporters after attending a
leader-meet-people function in Kampung Pichin, Serian, in Samarahan, a small
town in East Malaysia of Sarawak state Thursday.

Najib was asked to comment on the Ruler of Johor's stand that he disagreed
with the building of the proposed third bridge in east Johor, which was conveyed
by the Tunku Mahkota of Johor when the latter spoke at the opening of the Johor
State Legislative Assembly sitting in Johor Baharu Thursday.

The prime minister said there was still a lot of time to discuss the matter
with the Sultan and the Johor government to find the best solution if the
proposed project were to proceed.

Najib said also, no party had been appointed to do a feasibility study on
the bridge project as the project must first be agreed upon by Singapore.

The prime minister recently announced Singapore's interest in building
the
third bridge with Malaysia and this was conveyed to him by its Minister Mentor
Lee Kuan Yew when Lee met Najib in Putrajaya.

-- BERNAMA