Penang on high alert for open burning activities


GEORGE TOWN: Both local councils in Penang – the Penang Island City Council and Seberang Prai Municipal Council – have been ordered to be on high alert for any open burning activities in view of the haze.

The focus was on areas where there were factories, construction sites and illegal dumpsites, said state environment committee chairman Phee Boon Poh.

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