“Use N95 masks
as appropriate, depending on (i) health status, (ii)API or PSI level, The three-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) (iii) physical exertion and (iv) time spent outdoors”, perhaps the masks should be give out free at strategicly location to those without especially the old and young ...and those might mostly likely affected by haze....especially when PSI above 300...Medical teams need to be ready for all possible event.
Maybe reward should be forward for every single hotspots eliminate.
Seed clouding wherever possible when API or PSI is high.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/6/24/nation/20130624110715&sec=nation
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http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2013/06/23/96.html
空气污染指数超过750点 麻坡、礼让晋紧急状态
23日讯 今日上午7時超过750点
关丹县学校周一起停课
另一方面，彭州大臣安南也宣布关丹县的所有学校周一起停课，至另行通知。
1区非常危险·2区处危险 全国17区不健康水平
截至周日上午11时，全国共有1个地区处于非常危险水平，2个地区危险水平。另外17个地区处于不健康水平，30个地区中等水平，以及2个地区良好水平。
其 中，处在不健康水平的地区包括，森美兰汝来106点、波德申184点、芙蓉104点、雪兰莪万津115点，瓜拉雪兰莪104点、巴生港口192点，八打灵 再也125点、莎阿南112点、吉隆坡蕉赖102点、巴都慕达108点、布城112点、登嘉楼甘马挽153点、北加105点、彭亨关丹135点和英特拉马 哥达107点。
北马空气污染微转差
而北马区的空气污染指数周六虽稍微转差，但周日情况尚可，仅平均上升4点，各个地区如加央、亚罗士打、浮罗交怡、北赖、理大等都处于中等水平，介于61点至82点。
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday said more air-conditioned 'haze shelters'
will be created for the public at Residents’ Committees and Community
Clubs.
MP for West Coast GRC Foo Mee Har said her constituency would extend the Community Club’s opening hours in case residents need access to air-conditioned rooms.
The club will be open from 9am to midnight, said the MP in a Facebook post. Residents’ Committee Centres will also extend their opening hours to 9am-10pm.
Ms Foo said constituency officers will continue to monitor the situation and adjust opening hours accordingly.
Deputy Prime Minister and MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Teo Chee Hean said the Elias Community Club has also set aside a room for residents who feel discomfort and need a place for a few hours to shelter from the haze. The room will be open from 9am-10pm.
In a Facebook post, the prime minister said he was heartened by the kindness of Singaporeans when faced with the haze.
He said some were distributing herbal tea and masks to needy residents while others were opening up their air-conditioned homes to strangers.
The prime minister urged Singaporeans to unite and help one another through this difficult period.
Mr Lee said the government was also making sure Singaporeans who need N95 masks would be able to get them.
He however pointed out that most Singaporeans do not need the masks unless they have medical conditions like asthma, or have to do strenuous outdoor work.
He said the government will distribute 1 million N95 masks free to low-income households, and push out more masks to retailers, and urged people not to panic buy or hoard masks as there are enough to go round.
In the same Facebook post, Mr Lee said he had sent Minister for Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan as his Special Envoy to deliver his letter to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The prime minister said he had shared Singaporeans' grave concern over the haze, urged Indonesia to take action, and offered help, including aircraft for cloud seeding.
Indonesia's Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya had promised Dr Balakrishnan that Indonesia would consider Singapore's offer and explore how to follow up on the suggestions.
Meanwhile, constituencies have also begun receiving their stocks of N95 masks from the Ministry of Health.
Minister for National Development and MP for Sembawang GRC Khaw Boon Wan said they are being made available to residents who need them.
He said this was being done progressively over the weekend and that priority is being given to those who need them for medical reasons.
https://www.facebook.com/wongkanseng.sg?hc_location=stream
MOH will implement a special scheme where young Singaporeans aged 18 and below, elderly Singaporeans aged 65 and above, CHAS card holders, PA and Medical Fee Exemption Card holders who suffer from respiratory problems and conjunctivitis because of the haze can see their GPs, pay $10, and MOH will settle the rest of the GP’s bill."
Please take care of your health.
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MP for West Coast GRC Foo Mee Har said her constituency would extend the Community Club’s opening hours in case residents need access to air-conditioned rooms.
The club will be open from 9am to midnight, said the MP in a Facebook post. Residents’ Committee Centres will also extend their opening hours to 9am-10pm.
Ms Foo said constituency officers will continue to monitor the situation and adjust opening hours accordingly.
Deputy Prime Minister and MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Teo Chee Hean said the Elias Community Club has also set aside a room for residents who feel discomfort and need a place for a few hours to shelter from the haze. The room will be open from 9am-10pm.
In a Facebook post, the prime minister said he was heartened by the kindness of Singaporeans when faced with the haze.
He said some were distributing herbal tea and masks to needy residents while others were opening up their air-conditioned homes to strangers.
The prime minister urged Singaporeans to unite and help one another through this difficult period.
Mr Lee said the government was also making sure Singaporeans who need N95 masks would be able to get them.
He however pointed out that most Singaporeans do not need the masks unless they have medical conditions like asthma, or have to do strenuous outdoor work.
He said the government will distribute 1 million N95 masks free to low-income households, and push out more masks to retailers, and urged people not to panic buy or hoard masks as there are enough to go round.
In the same Facebook post, Mr Lee said he had sent Minister for Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan as his Special Envoy to deliver his letter to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The prime minister said he had shared Singaporeans' grave concern over the haze, urged Indonesia to take action, and offered help, including aircraft for cloud seeding.
Indonesia's Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya had promised Dr Balakrishnan that Indonesia would consider Singapore's offer and explore how to follow up on the suggestions.
Meanwhile, constituencies have also begun receiving their stocks of N95 masks from the Ministry of Health.
Minister for National Development and MP for Sembawang GRC Khaw Boon Wan said they are being made available to residents who need them.
He said this was being done progressively over the weekend and that priority is being given to those who need them for medical reasons.
https://www.facebook.com/wongkanseng.sg?hc_location=stream
MOH will implement a special scheme where young Singaporeans aged 18 and below, elderly Singaporeans aged 65 and above, CHAS card holders, PA and Medical Fee Exemption Card holders who suffer from respiratory problems and conjunctivitis because of the haze can see their GPs, pay $10, and MOH will settle the rest of the GP’s bill."
Please take care of your health.
distribute masks this morning to residents who are on the Community Health Assist Scheme, PUblic Assistance or with per capita income of $900. PA staff worked through the night and I commend them for their dedication. The N95 masks come in different sizes and all are equally effective. (4 foto)
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