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76034
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 12:46
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MELAKA-SUMATERA BRIDGE AWAITS APPROVAL
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (Bernama) -- A project to build a bridge linking Malaysia's southern state of Melaka and Sumatera will proceed when approvals are given by the Malaysian and Indonesian governments, said Melaka Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam.
The 52km bridge costing nearly US$12.5 billion (US$1 = RM3.54) will link
Teluk Gong in Melaka to Dumai, Sumatera, Indonesia.
Mohd Ali said the project would take nine years to complete.
The chief minister however, hoped the two governments would soon give the
approval to build the bridge.
He was speaking to reporters at the Straits of Malacca Bridge Project
seminar organised by Strait of Malacca Partners Sdn Bhd here Tuesday.
The aim of the seminar was to explain to Malaysian and Indonesian
representatives, the architectural design, engineering and financial assistance
required to build the bridge.
Mohd Ali told the representatives that if the bridge was built, it could
benefit the economic sector of the two countries because transportation would be
faster, as compared to shipping or ferrying, and reduce the influx of illegal
Indonesians into the country.
The idea to build the bridge linking Melaka and Sumatera came from former
prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad but it was shelved due to the economic
crisis in Asia in 1997-1998.
-- BERNAMA
The 52km bridge costing nearly US$12.5 billion (US$1 = RM3.54) will link
Teluk Gong in Melaka to Dumai, Sumatera, Indonesia.
Mohd Ali said the project would take nine years to complete.
The chief minister however, hoped the two governments would soon give the
approval to build the bridge.
He was speaking to reporters at the Straits of Malacca Bridge Project
seminar organised by Strait of Malacca Partners Sdn Bhd here Tuesday.
The aim of the seminar was to explain to Malaysian and Indonesian
representatives, the architectural design, engineering and financial assistance
required to build the bridge.
Mohd Ali told the representatives that if the bridge was built, it could
benefit the economic sector of the two countries because transportation would be
faster, as compared to shipping or ferrying, and reduce the influx of illegal
Indonesians into the country.
The idea to build the bridge linking Melaka and Sumatera came from former
prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad but it was shelved due to the economic
crisis in Asia in 1997-1998.
-- BERNAMA
