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Korea`s Samsung to advise on Kigamboni...
2007-05-25 08:58:57
By Angel Navuri
South Korea will conduct feasibility studies on Tanzania`s infrastructural systems, including the proposed construction of Kigamboni Bridge.
Briefing journalists on his recent tour to South Korea, Malaysia and Japan in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, said a Korean firm, Samsung, would soon send its experts.
He said the experts were expected this month and would conduct feasibility studies on the Kigamboni Bridge and how to improve transport systems in Dar es Salaam.
Membe said there was a need to construct two bridges in order to fulfil the transport needs of Dar es Salaam City.
He, however, said that other companies would not be denied the opportunity to conduct feasibility studies on the same project.
He said some countries, including Japan, Switzerland and China had shown interest to perform a similar task and in deciding, the government would take into consideration the cost of the whole project.
He said that the team would also work on how to improve the city infrastructure, including the construction of railways lines.
Meanwhile, the government has urged the Somali government to convince the people who kidnapped 24 crew members of two ships heading to Yemen from Mombasa to release them.
Membe said Tanzania was disappointed with the matter because it had promised to train 1000 Somali soldiers but at the same time the kidnappers were from Somalia.
Giving details, he said among the captives there were 10 Chinese, four Koreans, four Indonesians, three Indians and one Vietnamese.
He said the kidnapped persons were still alive and their captors had phoned the governments of China, Korea, Indonesia and India demanding ransom.
`We are trying to help maintain peace in Somalia. We have promised to train their army,` Membe said.
He said the government`s resolve to train the Somali army might get clouded by the kidnapping occurrences.
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