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View all search resultsThe agreement was among several memorandums of understanding signed by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and visiting President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, including Singapore sharing knowledge that could support the development of Indonesia's new capital Nusantara.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told a news conference in Canberra that the agreement would start with initiatives such as developing a list of environmental goods and services that could be given preferential trade treatment.
The government is aiming to connect Batam to both Singapore and the neighboring Malaysian city of Johor in a move that Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto has said could accelerate development in the surrounding areas.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Sunday that the city-state would repeal the colonial-era law, but said the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman will be kept to allay fears of "a drastic shift in our societal norms".
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