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50,000 Riau residents may be evacuated

Jakarta to adopt tougher steps to tackle haze --------------------------------------------- INDONESIAN Environment Minister Sarwono Kusumaatmadja yesterday recommended that Rengat city in the Riau province, with

KL to probe Malaysian firms’ role in forest fires

THE BIG HAZE MALAYSIA is looking into a complaint by the Indonesian authorities that two Malaysian firms were also responsible for starting the

Come and see how we tackle problem, says Jakarta

Minister sends invitation to neighbours. THE BIG HAZE INDONESIA yesterday invited Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei to send representatives to its agency for land and

Venue changed

THE Indonesian government, confronted with the worsening haze conditions and raging forest fires in its largest provinces, made a last-minute change in

S’pore ‘encouraged’ by efforts to douse fires

THE BIG HAZE SINGAPORE is encouraged by steps being taken by Indonesia to tackle forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Health and Environment

Suharto apologises for the worsening haze condition

PRESIDENT Suharto yesterday apologised for the worsening haze condition from forest fires in Indonesia that is affecting neighbouring countries. He said that Indonesia

Indonesia sends aircraft to seed clouds

THE BIG HAZE INDONESIA'S air force yesterday sent four aircraft to Pekan Baru in Sumatra for cloud-seeding operations as forest fires threatened more

Indonesia criticised for not doing enough

THE BIG HAZE INDONESIA was hit by criticism yesterday for its handling of the haze situation, with a senior Malaysian opposition politician demanding

Exhausted Sarwono fazed by the haze

Environment Minister Sarwono Kusumaatmadja is fazed by the haze in Indonesia. "This bugs me to tell you the truth. I'm so stressed out

Jakarta spells out more measures to halt fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan

INDONESIA, anticipating that the haze problem will worsen in the weeks ahead, yesterday spelt out measures it was taking to prevent more

Indonesians can now go on strike and still keep wages

But they can't mass on streets, rules House. THE Indonesian Parliament has passed a controversial labour Bill which allows workers to go on

Jakarta may ban phone chat lines

'We have to shield our young from these disguised phone-sex services' THE Indonesian government is set to ban telephone "chat lines" amid concerns

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