Phee: We’re worried, the API is rising in Penang


GEORGE TOWN: Penangites woke up to the haze which is expected to go on for the next few days.

Penang Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh says the state government will give out face masks to the public if the Air Pollutant Index (API) goes above 75.

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