A bridge between Malaysia and Indonesia?

[Scion]

possible? [jawdrop]

 

 

Published: Wednesday October 16, 2013

Malacca revives straits bridge project

 

MALACCA: The Malacca Government has revived the controversial 48.69km-long Malacca-Dumai, Indonesia, bridge project across the Straits of Malacca, after a seven-year lull.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Idris Haron said finer details of the project linking Teluk Gong in Malacca in the peninsula to the port of Dumai, in Sumatra, would be revealed when all mechanisms were in place.

 

If implemented, the bridge straddling the busiest international shipping waterway would be the world’s longest, even without including a 71.2km-long highway to be built between Dumai and Pulau Rupat, the closest connecting point.

“The project was discussed during the 10th Chief Ministers and Governors’ Forum (CMGF) of the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) convened in Koh Samui, Thailand, on Sept 12.

 

“The forum took note of the economic potential and strategic positioning of the IMT-GT with the construction of the Malacca-Dumai Bridge,” Idris said yesterday.

Insights on a feasibility study on the bridge undertaken by Strait of Malacca Partners Sdn Bhd were given during the meeting.

The company had earlier appointed the Hunan Provincial Communi-cations Planning, Survey & Design Institute of China to prepare documents pertaining to the study.

 

The idea of the bridge was first mooted in 1995 to foster new economic opportunities, especially in trade and tourism, between the two countries but died down during the Asian financial crisis in 1997.

In 2006, then Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam restored interest in the project by saying that the groundwork for it had started and that studies showed that the bridge was technically feasible.

He also announced that the Export-Import (Exim) Bank of China had agreed to finance 85% of the link’s total cost, then estimated at RM44.3bil.

 

 

 

[Vid]

Then we would drive to indonesia [bounce2]

[Joseph22]

possible? [jawdrop]

 

 

 

 

possible and can potentially spell trouble for Singapore economic.

[Kangadrool]

If kena jammed like causeway, sure there will be people who will puke in their cars. The swaying caused by movements and winds is still OK, but pitching up and down when stuck stationery on the bridge is.....

[Rustyz]

Rm44,3 billion.... Wat a investment!

[Shull]

possible and can potentially spell trouble for Singapore economic.

 

Not really, the bulk of Sumatra's economy deal with agriculture, which is also a big percentage of Malaysia's and Thailand's economy.

 

Singapore's main economy export is from the oil/gas, finance and high-tech manufacturing (oil rigs etc), so it's a totally different industry.

 

Also, the main industrial and financial sector of Indonesia still focuses around Jakarta and the satellite cities around it. As for oil/gas, the major fields in Malaysia are on the west coast and sabah/sarawak, which is on the other side of Melaka.

 

The only plus side i can see from here is, more places to go for road trips!!!

Edited October 16, 2013 by Shull

[Jman888]

there are already many Indonesia taking ferry to malacca for medical, you can see many of them in mahkota and pantai hospital.

[Shull]

there are already many Indonesia taking ferry to malacca for medical, you can see many of them in mahkota and pantai hospital.

 

Just like loads of rich Indonesians coming to Singapore for medical..

[Darthrevan]

its a good idea to link both countries using a bridge but the way Malaysians and Indonesians drives on the road..accidents might be aplenty and that'll hold up the traffic along the bridge..that might just be a daily affair

[Neost]

Talk talk shiok shiok only. Where to find money? How to recoup the investment?

[Jman888]

its a good idea to link both countries using a bridge but the way Malaysians and Indonesians drives on the road..accidents might be aplenty and that'll hold up the traffic along the bridge..that might just be a daily affair

 

 

I believe they will not drive recklessly on the bridge but base on the condition of their vehicle, more likely there will be breakdown of 1 in every 10 cars

Talk talk shiok shiok only. Where to find money? How to recoup the investment?

 

toll of RM100 per car and 30 years to recoup

[Watwheels]

After the haze incident recently I already look no up those indon officials. Their ego we saw and heard. Trust me, with their kind of attitude nothing will get done.

 

Anyway I think on MY side they are trying to score political points since this gahment of theirs isn't very popular. Maybe after a sudden blackout a bridge might just suddenly appear.

[Raymondism]

Rm44,3 billion.... Wat a investment!

 

Gonna take a long time to build as well

[Scion]

if man could build a 50km underwater rail tunnel across the English Channel (between England and France) in the 1980s, this bridge should be technologically easier?

Edited October 16, 2013 by Scion

[Silver_blade]

Hmm...wouldn't this bridge be super tall to allow mega ships to pass? Being one of the busiest shipping route in the world, a draw-bridge concept may not be practical.

[Si4dr]

Good news for robbers.....after rob can drive direct to Indo to hide (joking)

 

but confirm not justify in economic view........

[Itali4must4ng]

The bridge is so long.... I think of the risk of maintaining such a long bridge i shudder in fear lah

[Raymondism]

Not forgetting that pirates might join in the fun on the bridge....