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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In Indonesia, President Prabowo Subianto ordered the mobilization of additional means to combat the huge fires that ravaged the country. Toxic smoke had been affecting neighbouring countries for several weeks and anger was rising in the face of Jakarta's management of the crisis.
Coordinating Minister Dudung Abdurachman revealed that President Prabowo has not yet declared forest and land fires a national disaster, believing the government is still capable of managing them. Hotspots have decreased.
President Prabowo summoned a number of officials to discuss handling forest and land fires (karhutla).
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PressNewsAgencySuffocating spin: Malaysians mock Indonesian official’s haze defence
Malaysians have reacted with sarcasm and disbelief to an Indonesian official’s claim that his country provides the region’s oxygen, as toxic smoke from forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan chokes neighbouring nations. Syahganda Nainggolan, head of Indonesia’s government communications agency, prompted the backlash after invoking his country’s forests when questioned on Saturday about the severe smog that has forced school closures and triggere…
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