Haze from forest fire in Indonesia may hit Singapore soon!
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From today ST newspaper report (20/08/2005), Singapore will be affected by the haze as the moonsoon wind temporary changes this few weeks and travel towards south-ward and not of the usual north-ward for the season for now which will be directing to Singapore! If this happen it will a repeat era of the 1997 haze crisis!!! No PE in schools and blah blah. I hope they can quickly put out the fire as soon as possible or maybe the wind may travel other directions
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Hmm.... Genting in Singapore...
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There is a great news for now. As there is heavy showers in Sumatra yesterday that put out the forest fire and when the wind come towards Singapore from there we will not be affected by the haze. Now there is lesser hot spots according to the Met servicesOriginally posted by gorby107:From today ST newspaper report (20/08/2005), Singapore will be affected by the haze as the moonsoon wind temporary changes this few weeks and travel towards south-ward and not of the usual north-ward for the season for now which will be directing to Singapore! If this happen it will a repeat era of the 1997 haze crisis!!! No PE in schools and blah blah. I hope they can quickly put out the fire as soon as possible or maybe the wind may travel other directions -
Wow, I wanna experience a haze!
I never live in a hazy environment before! -
hopefully no need to work also....Originally posted by gorby107:No PE in schools and blah blah.... -
good leh
can MC -
no training better...
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If you want to experince the haze go and stay in Sumatra. I doubt you can live on in a hazy environment as it is terrible- difficulty in breathing that can cause heatlh problem and so on.Originally posted by vindicated:Wow, I wanna experience a haze!
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No need go sumatra. Go up north to experience it enuffOriginally posted by gorby107:If you want to experince the haze go and stay in Sumatra. I doubt you can live on in a hazy environment as it is terrible- difficulty in breathing that can cause heatlh problem and so on. -
Damn those Indons. Their inconsiderate and irresponsible actions will kill us one day.
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indons....? i tot i heard it got to do wif a m'sia company?Originally posted by iveco:Damn those Indons. Their inconsiderate and irresponsible actions will kill us one day.
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KL has told Jakarta to prosecute any MYsian company found responsible for open burning. Till now, no action has been taken. What is your take on this?Originally posted by Luke 168:indons....? i tot i heard it got to do wif a m'sia company?
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I think that those Indonesian farmers in Sumatra are the cause of the haze as they burnt the land to clear it and grow plantation on it as it is cheaper way to do than using the tractor or etc to clear it as it more expensive. But after burning they never put out the fire and it will be uncontrolled having big fire and cause the haze
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THE Indonesian Government is serious about investigating and prosecuting those involved in open burning.Originally posted by iveco:KL has told Jakarta to prosecute any MYsian company found responsible for open burning. Till now, no action has been taken. What is your take on this?
Deputy Environment Minister Masnellyarti Hilman said it does not matter whether the companies involved are Indonesian or Malaysian as the Government wants those who break the law to be prosecuted.
"We are very serious about this as our Enviroment Minister has been ordered by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to pay attention to bringing these culprits to book," she said.
Clearing of land by burning is illegal, but the Government has often failed to prosecute and convict errant plantation owners and logging firms due to weak implementation of the law.
The authorities also faced difficulties in apprehending the people who are paid to conduct the burning as they often do it at night and flee.
Hilman, however, was optimistic that the Government would be able to take the errant companies to court this time around.
"Right now, we are conducting our investigations, collecting evidence. It is difficult to get proof as eye witnesses often retract their statements later. But this year, I believe we technically have enough evidence to bring those companies all the way to court."
She said it would take several months before charges could be filed.
The Indonesian Government yesterday claimed that 10 plantation companies, including eight from Malaysia, would be charged with large-scale burning of forests on the island of Sumatra.
Meanwhile in Kuala Lumpur, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar called for a regional action plan to deal with environmental problems such as the haze, saying Asean would have to face the problem collectively and not address it as a bilateral issue.
He said Asean already had an agreement on tackling the haze, but it was ineffective during such a crisis because it had not been translated into an action plan.
As such, the Asean summit, scheduled to be held here in December, would discuss the plan as it required political will and commitment, he added.
quoting from: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/20050817075858/Article/indexb_html -
Jakarta is gonna just sit around until things subside down..since the MY'sian company paying mother loads of MOOLAH $$ to the government!Originally posted by iveco:KL has told Jakarta to prosecute any MYsian company found responsible for open burning. Till now, no action has been taken. What is your take on this? -
That's bad news...with the haze comes lots of potentially harmful and carcogenic pollutants...the chances of getting respiratory ailments like asthma, bronchitis, puenomia, chronic obstructive lung disease...
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every time b4 we go out, must wear mask if haze hits singapore
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But now the posbility of the haze hitting Singapore is low as I metioned earlier that heavy rains in Sumatra had put out fires and now there is lesser hot spots which around 5 only compared to 30 over in few weeks ago. Thanks to the cloudseeding maybe???
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Yeah at last the fire in Sumatra are being put out already ad no need to worry about the haze coming to Singapore
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Here ourselves also raining regularly
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Need Sumatra Haze meh? These days I go out everyone burning paper for 7th month even stronger
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Better dun like that say. Wait ppl think you're Christians, cuz some ppl think only Christians will say that.Originally posted by Uncle_MooMoo:Need Sumatra Haze meh? These days I go out everyone burning paper for 7th month even stronger -
He can be a Muslim for all I care.Originally posted by Honeybunz:Better dun like that say. Wait ppl think you're Christians, cuz some ppl think only Christians will say that.
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Everybody please don't talk any sensitive issues on religions or races. We must respect them. We are in a religious and racial harmony and no one must not destroy it.
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least they can do is ensure the ashes dun fly all over the place... i got some in my eye and it hurts like sht...
