SINGAPORE has had enough. Should not we be feeling just as weary? Malaysians have had to put up with well over a month of bad air, which has gotten worse despite the promises of solutions afoot. For if it is not possible to bring the haze to a quick end, then it is not unlike accepting it as a fact of life, a seasonal hazard that, despite being man-made, must be perceived as a given. And, the cavalier attitude of Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla saying Indonesia need not apologise for the fires burning within its borders is an affront to its neighbours and sister Asean nations.
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