It's WAR !!!!!
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KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia declared a state of emergency Thursday as the air pollution index soared to extremely hazardous levels on the west coast, which has been worst-hit by smoke from fires in Sumatra, an official said.
"We are now in a state of emergency," a National Security Council official told AFP after the environment department said the air pollution index had reached 529 in Port Klang and 531 in Kuala Selangor.
The government said Wednesday that levels above 500 would trigger a state of emergency.
The National Security Council official said that although only the two west coast locations had exceeded 500, the emergency measures would extend to the whole of the Klang valley in which the capital Kuala Lumpur sits.
In Kuala Lumpur the pollution index reached 321 and the city was shrouded in a yellowish mist that made the tops of buildings disappear.
In the administrative capital of Putrajaya, which lies further towards the coast, the index reached 364.
The opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) said Malaysians were "furious and worried" about the pollution and that it would mount a protest at the Indonesian embassy on Friday as well as a public rally on Sunday.
"As the source of haze is in Sumatra, Malaysians are powerless to do anything to fight this threat to their and our children's health and safety unless Indonesia is serious about taking action," said DAP leader Lim Kit Siang.
Lim said that recent apologies from Indonesian leaders were meaningless unless they were followed up by concrete action to douse the fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and prevent them from recurring.
"Malaysians want an explanation why the Indonesian government cannot stop the haze from becoming a tragic annual event," he said.
But Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar indicated Malaysia would take a softly-softly approach, in order not to damage the fragile relationship with its neighbour.
"We have no other alternative, we cannot go into an open conflict, that will not be good for the region. That will not be good in terms of our relationship. So that is not the way that Malaysia will adopt," he said at a press conference.
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Damn the Indons for poisoning the air yet AGAIN.
I say Punish the Indons......otherwise, they will soon be sending Radio-active fallout once their Nuclear Station is ready.......Singapore and malaysia should show the Indons we mean business this time..........otherwise, they will continue to poison us, year after year...... and meanwhile they say.....so sorry.....maaf........forgive us....... while laughing behind our backs !!!!!!
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Oh well. good thing the wind isnt blowing south from Malaysia...
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There goes idwar again! sigh ..... sigh .....
Didn't "Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar indicated Malaysia would take a softly-softly approach, in order not to damage the fragile relationship with its neighbour."? -
KL can be awefully nice sometimes.Originally posted by pearlie27:"Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar indicated Malaysia would take a softly-softly approach, in order not to damage the fragile relationship with its neighbour."?
After making much ho-ha over mass deportation of Indonesian illegal immigrants, now Jakarta in return begin its annual smog attacks.
if all these brotherly talks come to nothing, as had always been, i think this is a chance for Malaysia to get even by sueing Jakarta for economic lost, health endangerment and ecological damages at the International Court.
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War ?
Will Malaysia start a war with Indonesia over the haze caused by the razing of agricultural land ?
Most of the fires in Indonesian Sumatra are started on Palm Oil plantations to clear the secondary vegetation.
Will it not be more surprising that there are more then FIFTY Malaysian Palm Oil Companies that have moved into Indonesia ?
These Malaysian Palm Oil Companies have found land and labor costs in Malaysia to be no longer competitive, and have moved to Indonesia to start joint-ventures with Indonesian companies in new Palm Oil Plantations in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
The reasons for the higher costs of operation in Malaysia is not only caused by the increasing cost of land and labor, but also due to the tougher and new environmental laws that require these Malaysian Palm Oil Companies to invest heavily in new technologies and new equipment to clear the secondary shrubs from the plantations.
The lack of a comprehensive environmental laws, and the lax enforcement by corrupt officials, allow these Malaysian Palm Oil Companies to practise the cheaper clearing exercise of slash and burn on an annual basis.
Hence, the repeated annual problem with the haze.
Did the Malaysian Government send the Malaysian Palm Oil Companies to Indonesia, so as to put a bad light on the Indonesian Government in mishandling the haze problem ?
Wars have been started over some pretext, and purposeful creation of petty misunderstanding.
Is this another plot from the ingenious Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Albar to tarnish the international image of Indonesia ?
Or perhaps another attempt at land grabbing by the Malaysian Foreign Minister ?
Palm Oil, Crisis and Forest Loss in Indonesia
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Gun, do you know how bloody long the process can take at the International Court? It won't be worth it. Trust me. Even if Malaysia does win the case, what can Indonesia pay to Malaysia? More illegal workers?
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Originally posted by idwar:
Two wrongs do not make one right. Violence is never the solution to any problem.
Damn the Indons for poisoning the air yet AGAIN.
I say Punish the Indons......otherwise, they will soon be sending Radio-active fallout once their Nuclear Station is ready.......Singapore and malaysia should show the Indons we mean business this time..........otherwise, they will continue to poison us, year after year...... and meanwhile they say.....so sorry.....maaf........forgive us....... while laughing behind our backs !!!!!! -
We wish Indonesia a belated Happy 60th Independence Anniversary on 17 August.
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belated? it's only the 13thOriginally posted by vindicated:We wish Indonesia a belated Happy 60th Independence Anniversary on 17 August. -
*dunks idwar's face into chocolate fudge pie*
SHADDUP, JERK.
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fudgester, u referring to me izzit?
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Huh? No.... I was referring to idwar. Read my posting carefully.Originally posted by vindicated:fudgester, u referring to me izzit?