Tag Archives: Singapore

Singapore Air Pollution Poses Foreign Policy Dilemma

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

If lawyer Jaya Gurunathan wakes up with a sore throat, he often knows the cause right away: the “haze.”  Singapore blames the hazy air pollution that sometimes blankets the city on fires in the less regulated countries that surround it. … Continue reading →

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PSI slips into ‘unhealthy’ range

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

The Republic’s air quality worsened on Wednesday Oct 8 evening, as the three-hour Pollutants Standard Index PSI hit the ‘unhealthy’ range at 6pm with a 3-hour PSI reading of 102. The 3-hour PSI reading rose to 105 as of 7pm … Continue reading →

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Singapore air pollution slips into unhealthy level

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Singapore’s air pollution rose to unhealthy levels on Monday, the National Environment Agency said, as winds changed direction and brought in light smoke from forest fires in neighboring Indonesia. Singapore is in the middle of its “haze” season, when smoke from … Continue reading →

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Singapore Law to Tackle Haze

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Singaporean legislators on Tuesday passed a law that allows regulators to prosecute local and foreign companies involved in illegal forest burning that causes severe air pollution in the city state. The legislation, proposed after Singapore endured an air-quality crisis last … Continue reading →

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Air quality ‘unhealthy’ as haze obscures skies

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air quality around Kuala Lumpur and on Borneo island was ‘unhealthy’ yesterday, with one town reaching ‘very unhealthy’ levels as haze – mostly from forest fires in Indonesia – obscured skies. Kuala Lumpur residents wore face masks as protection from … Continue reading →

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Haze hits Malaysia; Moderate air quality expected in S’pore

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

As the haze makes its presence felt once again, unhealthy levels of air pollution were recorded in several areas of western Peninsular Malaysia, while other parts of the country registered moderate and good readings. As of 8pm yesterday, the Air … Continue reading →

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Indonesian forest fires feed air pollution across Asia

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

High above the vast Indonesian island of Sumatra, satellites identify hundreds of plumes of smoke drifting over the oil palm plantations and rain forests. Monsoon winds sweep them north and east toward Singapore, Malaysia and deep into Cambodia, Laos and … Continue reading →

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Indonesia’s forest fires feed ‘brown cloud’ of pollution choking Asia’s cities

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

High above the vast Indonesian island of Sumatra, satellites identify hundreds of plumes of smoke drifting over the oil palm plantations and rainforests. They look harmless as the monsoon winds sweep them north and east towards Singapore, Malaysia and deep … Continue reading →

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