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KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 (Xinhua) — Officials from the haze- inflicted Southeast Asian countries tried to make joint effort to end the heavy smog that troubles the region despite differences at a ministerial meeting here on Wednesday. The 15th Ministerial Steering Committee Meeting on Transboundary Haze Pollution, which involves environmental ministers from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia,…

KUALA LUMPUR – Large companies based near fire-prone areas in Indonesia may be called to help local communities prevent haze, the New Straits Times reported on Wednesday. Reporting on the ongoing regional meeting in Kuala Lumpur to tackle the problem of haze, the Malaysian daily quoted the director of the Global Environment Centre, Mr Faizal…

The director of a nonprofit organization Global Environment Centre, Mr Faizal Parish said, the average level of API in Malaysia has been mainly due to the changes of wind direction to Singapore recently and the rainfall in this country. According to him, the haze may come back to Malaysia next week.

PETALING JAYA: Although the haze seemed to have cleared up, the fight against land clearing and peatland fires is not over, said the chief of an environment organisation. Global Environment Centre director Faizal Parish expects the haze to worsen as the current drought continues until September. “The main source of the haze are large scale…

Organisers should postpone their events if the Air Pollutant Index (API) readings are recorded above 200, said Global Environ-ment Centre (GEC) director Faizal Parish. He said this at an interview at SP Setia Bhd’s Setia Eco Walkathon yesterday. Faizal said the walkathon went on as planned as the API reading was at 95 the night…