KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty places in the country recorded moderate air quality as at 3pm Monday, up from the 18 as at noon, according to the Department of Environment (DOE).
These places included Alor Setar (which had an Air Pollutant Index of 57); Bakar Arang, Sungai Petani (85); Historical City of Malacca (51); Bukit Rambai (51); Nilai (57); Port Dickson (52); Kemaman (59); Banting (53); Tanjung Malim (68) and Seri Manjung (54).
