City-state sounds the veryfirst alarm in yearly Southeast Asian haze season PUBLISHED : 7 Oct 2023 at 14: 44 Haze, a seasonal event nearly every year, hangs over house obstructs in Singapore in October2016 (Reuters File Photo) SINGAPORE – Singapore’s air quality fell into the “unhealthy” variety on Saturday, authorities readings revealed, as increased forest fires from neighbouring Indonesia brought haze to the city-state. At 2pm, the 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index readings in the eastern and main part of Singapore was above 100, levels at which individuals are encouraged to decrease extended exhausting outside activities. Transborder haze is a seasonal issue in Southeast Asia as regulative loopholes make it difficult for authorities to getridof Indonesia’s slash-and-burn la
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