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        "msgid": "kindergartens-elementary-schools-stop-activities-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-08-30 00:00:00",
        "title": "Kindergartens, elementary schools stop activities",
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        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Kindergartens, elementary schools stop activities Bambang Bider and Tiarma Siboro The Jakarta Post Pontianak\/Jakarta Many kindergartens and elementary schools in Central Kalimantan have temporarily suspended classes due to the thick haze that has blanketed Palangkaraya, the capital of the Central Kalimantan province. The schools suspended activities to avoid the impact of the haze and drought that has affected the province for weeks, Antara news agency reported on Thursday.",
        "content": "<p>Kindergartens, elementary schools stop activities<\/p>\n<p>Bambang Bider<br>\nand Tiarma Siboro<br>\nThe Jakarta Post<br>\nPontianak\/Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>Many kindergartens and elementary schools in Central Kalimantan <br>\nhave temporarily suspended classes due to the thick haze that has <br>\nblanketed Palangkaraya, the capital of the Central Kalimantan <br>\nprovince.<\/p>\n<p>The schools suspended activities to avoid the impact of the <br>\nhaze and drought that has affected the province for weeks, Antara <br>\nnews agency reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The haze, which started shrouding a major part of Kalimantan <br>\nand Sumatra last month, has raised air pollution to alarming <br>\nlevels, causing respiratory problems and disruption to air <br>\ntransportation to the two islands.<\/p>\n<p>Arnold Singarimbun, a medical staff at the Doris Sylvanus <br>\nGeneral Hospital said more and more people were suffering from <br>\nhaze-related respiratory problems.<\/p>\n<p>\"So far, two children have died of respiratory problems in the <br>\nhospital,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the head of the Pontianak health office, Oskar <br>\nPrimadi, revealed that at least 2,464 people had experienced <br>\nrespiratory problems triggered by the air pollution over the last <br>\none month.<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere in Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan, <br>\nhas returned to normal, after haze enveloped it for more than a <br>\nmonth.<\/p>\n<p>The haze has gradually dispersed following three days of heavy <br>\nrain that has cleared the air and has improved visibility to some <br>\n1,000 and 5,000 meters.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Adiany, an official at the local environment <br>\nagency, warned locals to keep on using masks outdoors even though <br>\nthe Standard Air Pollution Index (ISPU) which measures air <br>\nquality, had reduced to 129 from 1,000.<\/p>\n<p>An ISPU level of between 0 and 55 is considered optimum.<\/p>\n<p>\"The situation will be better in the next few days as rain is <br>\nforecast to continue falling over the territory,\" Adiany said.<\/p>\n<p>The thick haze from forest fires has also reducing visibility <br>\nand badly affected local residents and those in neighboring <br>\nMalaysia and Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Since the great forest fires of 1997, the three countries have <br>\nstepped up efforts to jointly battle forest fires with Malaysia <br>\noften sending its firefighters to help their Indonesian <br>\ncounterparts.<\/p>",
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