Kuala Lampur, Sept. 23 -- The government is looking at reviving an old proposal to link Sabah and Labuan via a bridge through a privately financed initiative, Datuk Rozman Isli said.

The Labuan MP said the representatives from the Federal Territories Ministry and the Economic Affairs Ministry met with Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Shafie Apdal and him to reach an agreement on the matter.

"They are planning to open the request for proposal before the end of the year, so we are really hoping there will be an investors group who take up and invest in the bridge.

"The logical one, mentioned many times by our federal ministers, is probably a combination of land swap and concession to collect tolls," he said.

He was speaking to reporters after...