Below is the latest news taken from the Star Online. I blogged about haze in September 1997-the worst I had ever experience when I have to use a mask! And now , we are having it again. Have we ever learn anything from experience? I wish we all had; but on the contrary, many never learn from experience. That is the reason why history repeats itself.In many aspects of our life(moral, water etc), when it comes to quality, we have more downhill than uphill. The 'downhill' is easier alternative because it follows the gravity( i.e our nafs)-we just don't have to do anything about it. The 'uphill' is more difficult because we have to do something about it.
In one water seminar I attended on IRBM(Intergrated River Basin Management) a few years ago,the DG of Dept of Environment told us that we have all the laws and regulations to protect our environment, but what we are lacking is the enforcement. In the case of the haze that is affecting us now, the source is in Kalimantan,Indonesia. If we fail to enforce compliance of environmental laws in our own country, then what else we can say about our neighbours?
The Star Online > Latest
Tuesday, June 22, 2004 Haze: Air quality worseningUpdate from The Star News Desk
PETALING JAYA: The air quality over the whole of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia is showing signs of worsening in the wake of the hot and dry weather and increased cross border pollution.
Department of Environment (DoE) Director General Rosnani Ibarahim said in a statement Tuesday that the number of hotspots had increased to 254 today from 84 on Sunday.
Rosnani said the air quality in five areas of the peninsula is unhealthy, while it is moderate in 43 areas and good in two places. Four spots in the Klang Valley Gombak, Klang, Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya are showing deterioration.
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a'kum,
abedib & friends,
i have enuff af this haze issue, how long do we have to wait till we and our neighbours are civic minded enuff to care about the environment. Barbaric mentality is pretty much in abundance, looking at the way things go.
jangan samapi at one stage we have to pay for fresh oxygen as what we are currently paying for our electricity & water pulak!!
Posted by: kyril | Tuesday, June 29, 2004 at 01:42 PM