{"id":7240,"date":"2019-07-11T17:37:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T09:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipm.my\/?p=7240"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T07:24:58","slug":"indonesia-build-countrys-longest-bridge-linking-islands-near-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipm.my\/cn\/indonesia-build-countrys-longest-bridge-linking-islands-near-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia to build country&#8217;s longest bridge linking islands near Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source<em> from: New Straits Times, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/world\/2019\/07\/503526\/indonesia-build-countrys-longest-bridge-linking-islands-near-singapore\">Original Article<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to build a 7 km (4.35 mile) bridge to connect two islands in the Malacca Strait, close to Singapore, as part of efforts to develop industry and tourism in the area, the government said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge connecting Batam and Bintan islands will cost an estimated 4 trillion rupiah ($284.35 million), the office of the cabinet secretary said in a statement on Thursday, and will be the longest in the Southeast Asian country.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge aims to capitalize on expansion of Singapore&#8217;s Changi Airport with the development of a new Terminal 5, which will have transport connections to Bintan.<\/p>\n<p>President Joko Widodo, who has made building infrastructure the cornerstone of his first term in office, has pledged to continue cutting bottlenecks Southeast Asia&#8217;s largest economy in his second term, which starts in October.<\/p>\n<p>His administration has also sought to market Batam, Indonesia&#8217;s only free trade zone, to investors looking to relocate factories out of China amid a simmering trade war between Beijing and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Construction of the bridge is due to start in 2020 and take three to four years to complete, the office said. &#8212; Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source from: New Straits Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":812,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-news-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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