Today, the headline of the printed newspaper, The Star, reads, 'Haze in the air'.
As at news published on 10:08:00 AM:
As at news published on 10:08:00 AM:
Haze situation worsens
So, what's new? Annually, without fail, the haze comes to visit.
From the '1997 Southeast Asian haze' to the year 2005 when Abdullah Badawi, then PM of Malaysia, asked Muslims in the country to pray for rain to clear the smog, nothing much has changed.
Click here to read the news entitled 'Malaysians told to pray for rain', published by BBC in 2005.
It clearly tells us of the yearly hazy situation.
It clearly tells us of the yearly hazy situation.
Environmentalists accuse big palm oil producers in Sumatra, Indonesia, of using the cheap but dangerous slash-and-burn method to clear land for their plantations - a method they need official permits to use.
Oh, by the way, many of the large palm oil firms are actually owned by businessmen from Malaysia.
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