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.