Eight areas in Sarawak record unhealthy API readings


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 07 Sep 2019

The State Legislative Assembly complex in Kuching shrouded in haze on Saturday morning. The city recorded a very unhealthy air pollutant index reading of 206 at 9am on Saturday (Sept 7). - ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE / THE STAR

MIRI (Bernama): Eight areas in Sarawak recorded unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings compared to six yesterday (Sept 6), with Kuching registering a very unhealthy API reading of 204, as at 9am Saturday (Sept 7) morning.

Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) secretariat head Major Ismail Mahedin, from the Sarawak Civil Defence Force, said the API reading for Miri city, SK Baram 2 and the Industrial Training Centre recorded readings of between 106 and 186.

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