Moderate Air Quality In Most Areas, No Unhealthy Reading Recorded
Environment Department director-general Datuk Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar said readings as of 9 am this morning also showed two more stations recording good air quality readings.
'This means that no station recorded unhealthy air status," he said when commenting on the air quality following the haze.
He said this at a press conference after the 14th emergency simulation exercise to deal with chemical spills by the Malaysia-Singapore Joint Committee on the Environment (MSJCE) on the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link Expressway (Linkedua), here today.
According to him, several hot spots were also detected in Sabah, Sarawak, and Pahang, and DOE would continue to monitor.
He added that action would be taken against individuals who engage in open burning under the Environmental Quality Act 1974.
Wan Abdul Latiff was previously quoted as saying that DOE has increased intensive patrols and physical monitoring in flammable areas, especially agricultural land, peatlands, bushland, abandoned plantations and waste disposal sites that have been identified as high-risk.
According to him, patrol activities and enforcement operations to prevent open burning which contributes to haze, especially in the current hot and dry weather conditions, will be stepped up.
-- BERNAMA
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