Private sector to tackle haze

Private sector to tackle haze

SINGAPORE (DPA): A Singapore-based Briton has started a new private-sector initiative aimed at fighting the smoke haze choking parts of Asia, a news report said yesterday.

Lawyer-turned-entrepreneur Jeremy Cama, 42, believes that "the private sector will be more efficient than governments" in battling the haze and the forest fires which cause it, the Straits Times newspaper said.

More than 40 individuals and companies - including Time Asia and the Hyatt Regency Singapore - have already pledged to support the program, which has been nicknamed "Haze Busters".

Cama expects to have a trust fund legally registered in Singapore next week under the official name "Asia-Environment Charitable Trust", or ACT.