The National Environment Agency has a guide on portable air filters for households to refer to here.
Ms Fu said she recently met ministers and officials from the southern Asean region, including Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, to discuss the haze issue. The countries hope to come to a conclusion leading to the launch of the Asean Coordinating Centre for Transboundary Haze Pollution Control later this year.
She was responding to Mr Liang’s follow-up question on haze-related discussions with the Asean region.
Ms Fu noted that the Indonesian government has over the years made significant efforts in the areas of monitoring, regulations and boosting of firefighting capabilities.
“Of course, we were helped by good weather over the last few years but, this year, I think there is common affirmation of the need to monitor the dry season carefully and also act quickly to…
