Labuan bridge to Sabah worth considering, says FT minister

Annuar Musa says there is potential economic benefit from building to the Sabah mainland. FMTNews Labuan

Labuan island, 8km off the Borneo coast, is home to an international financial centre.

“We had a lengthy discussion this morning, and I visited the proposed site to understand the potential of having the bridge,” he said today on a visit to the island. Annuar was on a three-day working visit to Labuan, his first since being appointed minister in March. He stressed the need for an indepth study of Labuan’s development plans in line with its status as a federal territory.

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