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OMGGGGGGGGGG........we are all gona die!!!

 

I just stunned a N95 gas mask from my workshop downstairs.. :D

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I just stunned a N95 gas mask from my workshop downstairs.. :D

 

need N95 ar? the normal "flat" face mask cannot?

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Farmers still lighting fires despite worsening haze

Published on Jun 19, 2013

 

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A woman who works for Mr Maliala is making sure the fire spread evenly on the oil palm fruit bunches. Mr Maliala told ST that the low yield on oil palm fruits was one reason why he turned to this traditional way of making fertilisers, which involved burning the crop and using the ashes on other parts of the oil palm plantation. -- ST PHOTO: WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA

 

By Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Indonesia Correspondent and Joyce Lim

KANDIS, INDONESIA - On a vacant dirt field, some 82km north of Pekanbaru where we landed hours earlier, some farmers are still lighting fresh fires despite the worsening haze conditions in the area.

 

We stopped to talk to Mr Maliala Sembiring, who was burning oil palm fruit bunches to make fertilisers.

 

Mr Maliala, who is in his 50s, told ST that the low yield on oil palm fruits was one reason why he turned to this traditional way of making fertilisers, which involved burning the crop and using the ashes on other parts of the oil palm plantation.

 

"It's cheap and we avoid risks of using counterfeit fertiliser,'' Mr Maliala told The Straits Times.

 

"The yield is low around this time. Buying fertiliser is not wise. We have high yields in October through January.''

 

When asked if what he was doing could cause a forest fire, he said: "No. It won't burn the plantation.

 

"This area is sealed as you can see.''

 

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'Emergency conditions' in Riau as PSI hit 341 on Tuesday

Published on Jun 19, 2013

 

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A main street in Dumai, Riau, at around 2pm local time on Tuesday. While the skies above Singapore cleared a little yesterday, the Pollutant Standards Index reading in the coastal city of Dumai, Riau, hit 341 at 4pm as fires continued to rage in neighbouring districts. -- PHOTO: REZI ANDIKA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

 

By Zakir Hussain Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta And Jonathan Kwok

While the skies above Singapore cleared a little yesterday, the Pollutant Standards Index reading in the coastal city of Dumai, Riau, hit 341 at 4pm as fires continued to rage in neighbouring districts.

 

"The situation is very critical. These are emergency conditions," city government spokesman Darmawan told The Straits Times.

 

Visibility was down to 50m in some parts, he said, adding that local officials will meet today to discuss response measures.

 

Streets in Dumai were near empty as many people stayed indoors, and health officials reminded residents to drink lots of water and wear masks when outside.

 

In nearby Mandau district, residents complained of pharmacies running out of masks, saying the government should have stocked up. Officials advised them to use handkerchiefs or shawls for now.

 

But the haze, which many said was at its worst in at least a decade, drew little attention in the Indonesian media outside Riau.

 

The Democratic Party MP for Riau, Mr Sutan Sukarnotomo, told The Straits Times that the situation was complex. "Oil palm plantations create employment and drive up incomes in the province. But at the same time, they destroy peatland. And in dry seasons, it is very easy for peatlands to burn."

 

On Monday, Forestry Ministry official Hadi Daryanto sought to shift some of the blame, telling Agence France-Presse that not only local farmers use the slash-and-burn method, "but also employees of oil palm investors, including Singaporean and Malaysian companies".

 

"We hope the governments of Malaysia and Singapore will tell their investors to adopt proper measures so we can solve this problem together," he said.

 

Larger Indonesian companies listed in Singapore said yesterday they have strict "zero burning" policies and use mechanical methods like bulldozers to clear land.

 

A spokesman for palm oil producer Golden Agri-Resources said the company intensifies its fire surveillance patrols during dry months and reports to the local authorities if illegal fires are started near its estates.

 

Fellow palm oil giant Wilmar International said the company is committed to a no-burn practice. It also has a fire management programme that includes community awareness campaigns and fire management training.

 

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in cbd, just now went out to buy copi, didn't step out from office the whole day morning,

saw few already wearing mask

compare to last few days, today is worst

looks like going to hit 200 tonite.

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