Thursday August 11, 2005
More places under hazy siege
Video Clips on the haze in the Klang Valley
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The people wanted the Air Pollution Index (API) released and the Government did so on the order from the Cabinet.
The figures showed that at noon, places like Port Klang, Shah Alam and Kuala Selangor were hazardous at a level of over 301 on the API while Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Gombak, Putrajaya and Seremban were very unhealthy at between 200 and 300.
By evening the levels rose even higher with the air quality in Petaling Jaya and Putrajaya also reaching hazardous levels as the API passed the 301 mark.
Many activities came to a halt because of the deteriorating air quality caused by the fires in Sumatra, where there were 542 hotspots as of yesterday.
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Following suit was a directive to close all 200 schools in Kuala Lumpur for the week.
Even the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SAAS) airport in Subang has been temporarily closed due to poor visibility.
Northport, one of the premier ports in the country, has temporarily suspended its operations due to the hazardous environmental condition and poor visibility in the port area.
All national service camp commandants have been given the discretion to halt outdoor activities should they deem it as unsafe or unhealthy for the trainees.
Many Malaysians might have wanted to forget what it had been like back in 1997 when the air smelled of smoke and their eyes were sore but yesterday brought back a feeling of deja vu.
The Star was inundated with phone calls from the public from the start of the day right into the night.
Many were enquiring about how safe it was to go outdoors and whether schools had been closed.
Then in the evening, the skies turned gloomy and grey, with streaks of lightning cutting across the sky.
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