Tanjung Malim registers highest API reading in the country


This is moderate? The Prime Minister’s Office is almost invisible from the Boulevard in this photograph taken at about 5.20pm yesterday in Putrajaya. Yet the API reading for the area was just 78, defined as moderate. — MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The Air Pollutant Index (API) in Tanjung Malim, Perak reached the unhealthy level of 121 yesterday.

API readings in Kuala Lumpur was highest in Cheras at 97, followed by Batu Muda (96) and Putrajaya (91). In Selangor, high API readings were recorded in Shah Alam at 93 and Petaling Jaya (91).

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