Cloud seeding over Miri


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 23 Feb 2003

MIRI: The Sarawak government has ordered cloud seeding to be conducted urgently over the Lawas and Miri divisions in northern Sarawak to prevent the haze problem from recurring. 

Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam, who is also State Disaster Relief Committee chairman, said an aircraft armed with rain-inducing compounds would be sent to the Lawas Division tomorrow.  

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