S.E. Asia on 'haze alert'<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE (AFP): A \"haze alert\" system warning members of the
\nAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) against cross-
\nborder air pollution has been activated, the Sunday Times
\nnewspaper reported here.<\/p>\n
The four-level alert was used for the first time by Indonesia
\nlast week when smoke from forest fires in Sumatra blanketed parts
\nof Singapore with thick gray haze, triggering fears of a
\nrepetition of last year's environmental problems.<\/p>\n
Large parts of Southeast Asia were covered with haze for
\nseveral months last year because of raging forest fires in
\nIndonesia, which has taken steps to check such problems in
\ncooperation with its smaller neighbors.<\/p>\n
ASEAN groups Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,
\nSingapore, Thailand and Vietnam.<\/p>\n
The report said a \"Level 1\" warning, the highest, was raised
\nlast week because winds were blowing smoke from Sumatra forest
\nand land-clearing fires toward Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore.<\/p>",
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