four steps to overcome haze – law enforcement, zero burning practice for the Indonesians, peat soil management and collaboration between the two countries whennever fires break out. Bilateral MoU was the result of the 17th Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Tansboundary Haze Pollution, held in Jakarta on July 28 last year. Not that easy if anything involving two countries especially we are weak and poor. By now we should be ready with ideas and technology.

The air quality here and in areas like Port Klang, Shah Alam and Batu Muda has gone from bad to worse as the Air Pollutant Index (API) readings reached very unhealthy levels.