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Singapore ‘stands ready’ to assist Indonesia on forest fires amid haze, says Grace Fu
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim contacted Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto regarding the "alarming" transboundary haze affecting Malaysia, and Prabowo agreed to take necessary steps to address the crisis.
- The Department of Environment reported 38 areas in Malaysia recorded unhealthy Air Pollutant Index readings, with Segamat, Johor reaching 187, attributed to 210 hotspots detected in Sumatra on Oct 7.
- His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim urged authorities to close schools in areas with Air Pollutant Index readings over 150, while the Royal Malaysian Air Force increased daily cloud seeding operations to mitigate health impacts.
- Anwar directed Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan and Environmental Sustainability Minister Datuk Seri Arthur Joseph Kurup to engage regional counterparts and contact the Asean Secretariat for an environment ministers meeting.
- The haze continues to affect southern and central Sumatra, Singapore, and the southern Peninsula, with Malaysia expressing readiness to cooperate with Jakarta as the situation remains worrying for Malaysians' health.
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Forest and land fires have affected 10 districts in Merauke, South Papua. The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) recorded 63 hectares of land burned, with several hotspots still uncontained.
(Hanoi=Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Jin-hyung = Neighboring Malaysia and Singapore, suffering from the worst levels of air pollution due to large-scale wildfires in Indonesia, are providing assistance in extinguishing the fires...
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The Malaysian Government recommended that citizens follow smoke fog safety procedures, and that schools continue to close unless the air pollution index falls below 150 degrees.
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