[sustran] Malacca Straits bridge proposal

[Tony Barry]

Paul Barter wrote:
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> Renong Bhd is carrying out a feasibility study on the construction of
> the proposed bridge linking Malaysia and Indonesia across the Straits of
> Malacca

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> "The initial information I have is that the bridge will probably be 24- or
> 25km-long," said Samy Vellu
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> 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.

Dumai is of course at present in the middle of nowhere, as the east side
of Sumatra is a major peatland - one of the biggest peat areas in the
world (after Russia and Canada I recollect).