Fewer hotspots give peninsula a brief respite from haze


PETALING JAYA: The skies over the peninsula are clearer with fewer hotspots in nearby Sumatra, allowing parts of Malaysia’s west coast a respite from the haze.

Natural Resources and Environ­ment Minister Datuk Seri G. Palani­vel said that the number of hotspots in Sumatra dropped from 143 on Tuesday to 86 the next day.

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