Labuan bridge: JKR to call for proposals

Khalid (centre in suit), with Batu MP P Prabakaran on his right, posing with the 19 traders whose stalls were destroyed in a fire on New Year’s Eve.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Public Works Department (JKR) will be calling for proposals from the private sector on the proposed bridge connecting Labuan to Menumbok on mainland Sabah this year.

Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad said several meetings involving the ministry, Labuan Corporation and the Sabah state government were held to discuss the matter and a recommendation was made to JKR to hold a request for proposal (RFP).