Relocate Labuan ferry terminal if new bridge not possible, urges business group

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KOTA KINABALU: The Labuan Chamber of Commerce (LCC) has proposed that the roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) ferry terminal be relocated to Tanjung Aru on the island.

This was after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's announcement earlier this week that building a bridge linking Labuan to mainland Sabah was not the government's priority at the moment.

"The distance between Labuan and Mempakul is approximately 5.8km, and the estimated ro-ro ferry ride duration is only 45 minutes.Doughty said relocating the ferry terminal to Tanjung Aru would ensure that proper Customs and Immigration quarantine and security needs could be better designed to prevent current operational flow and future issues regarding security and business operational flow, benefiting both the community and travellers.

On the Labuan bridge issue, Doughty urged the Labuan Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman Datuk Dahlif Singh as well as the ferry operator Mainland Link Sdn Bhd to acknowledge that the proposed Labuan bridge was needed for the benefit of both shores.

 

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