Mahathir Mohamad was near the end of his first stint as Malaysian Prime Minister (1981-2003), he proposed building a “half-bridge” on the Malaysian half of the Causeway after failing to get Singapore to agree to a new bridge.

Mahathir Mohamad was near the end of his first stint as Malaysian Prime Minister (1981-2003), he proposed building a “half-bridge” on the Malaysian half of the Causeway after failing to get Singapore to agree to a new bridge.