Indonesia has defended its bloody crackdown on protesters seeking higher compensation for land on Bintan Island, where Singaporeans hold the lion's share of investments, reports said yesterday.

昨天有报道称，印度尼西亚为其镇压抗议者的残暴行为进行辩护，这些抗议者要求提高宾坦岛的土地赔偿金额，而新加坡拥有此岛的最大投资份额。

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From this year, it has abolished an ancient tax levied on peasants according to the amount of land they hold.

今年，废除了加在他们身上由来已久的、按照他们所占土地份额而需缴纳的农业税。

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Morrison says Bank researchers want to find out, for example, how the inability of women to access credit, hold title to land, or access technology impinges on growth.

Morrison说，世行的研究人员想要搞清楚，比如，妇女不能获得贷款、土地所有权或技术，会对增长产生什么样的影响。

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The proposals were expected to go before the council's planning committee this month, but are currently on hold while archaeological surveys are carried out on the land.

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They aim to bolster their hold on the east, stop the rupture of the land link between their northern and eastern areas, and make Trincomalee harbour unusable.

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He has spent much of the past 30 years initiating and supporting settlements that make such a hold on land irreversible.

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