REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TANJUNGPINANG - South Koreas Samsung wants to build a bridge between the free trade zone of Batam and Bintan island in the province of Riau Islands. 

"Samsung and a team of the provincial administration are discussing the proposal," Governor Muhammad Sani said on recently. 

Sani said Samsung was not the only investor indicating interest in building a bridge between the two islands. He said investors from other countries such as China had also indicated keen interest, but no concrete steps had been made. 

Earlier, South Korean Ambassador Kim Young Sun and a number of other investors met with Sani in the provincial city of Tanjungpinang to discuss proposal to build the bridge but there was no follow-up of the discussion. 

Sani said construction of a bridge to span 6.7 kilometer between the two island would cost around 7 trillion IDR.

"The cost would include for the construction of a container port in Tanjung Sauh," he said.

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