Bjorn Isberg, the tournament director of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), said yesterday he was confident the haze situation in the country would improve in the next few days.
“At this point in time, I can say that the tournament will go ahead as scheduled. There are contingency plans in place in case the pollution in Johor Baru returns to unhealthy or hazardous levels, including the possibility of relocating the event to a different city,” added Isberg in a telephone interview from Singapore.
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