[sustran] Malacca Straits bridge proposal

[Paul Barter]

Malaysia's Bernama news service has reported:

Thursday, June 19, 1997

Renong study on bridge to Sumatra

BEIRUT: Renong Bhd is carrying out a feasibility study on the construction of
the proposed bridge linking Malaysia and Indonesia across the Straits of
Malacca, Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said.

The company is expected to come out with a report on the study within a
month, he told reporters here yesterday.

"The initial information I have is that the bridge will probably be 24- or
25km-long," said Samy Vellu, who is accompanying Prime Minister Datuk Seri
Dr Mahathir Mohamad on a three-day visit to Lebanon.

A senior Renong executive in the Malaysian delegation here said the
proposed RM6 billion bridge would be built from Malacca to Dumai in
southern Sumatra.

A. Rahman Paul Barter
Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific (SUSTRAN)
Until 15 July I am in Perth, Australia.
During that time please reach me at <barter at central.murdoch.edu.au>