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Indonesia Begins Preparations to Build Longest Bridge
Pyongyang, January 4 (KCNA) -- The Indonesian government has begun preparations for the construction of the Sunda Strait bridge, the longest in the country, according to a recent report by the Jakarta Post of this country.

Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto said that the presidential decree cleared the legal obstacle to the start of the construction of the 29-kilometer bridge, linking Merak area of Banten province in the western part of Java Island with Lampung province, in the southern part of Sumatra Island.

Djoko said that his office and related parties were preparing the grand design for the project.

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