PUTRAJAYA, Oct 22 — Malaysia will introduce several transformative measures to strengthen efforts to tackle transboundary haze when it chairs the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee (MSC) on Transboundary Haze Pollution next year.
Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Datuk Seri Arthur Joseph Kurup said his ministry was conducting studies and drafting several new initiatives to ensure more effective and concrete action to address the recurring haze problem.
“Malaysia will take over the MSC chairmanship next year, and we are studying and planning several new initiatives to strengthen Asean-level efforts to tackle the haze problem.
“We hope to take more effective and concrete measures when we chair the MSC,” he told a press conference on the latest haze situation here today.
