SINGAPORE: As soldiers and firefighters from Jakarta pull out of Riau province in Indonesia and environment ministers from the region meet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, life is back to normal for residents in Dumai, the Indonesian city at the epicentre of the region’s worst haze to date.
Clear skies came just in time for the start of Ramadan. Said trishaw driver Ujang, 45, who has one name: “Thank God, the good weather has improved my takings, and made up for losses during the haze.”
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