KUCHING, Oct 28: The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) will strengthen coordination with the Sarawak Government and relevant ministries to prepare contingency plans for haze risks ahead of the 2027 Southeast Asia (SEA) Games.
According to a TVS report, Minister of NRES Datuk Seri Arthur Joseph Kurup said the preparations encompass air quality monitoring, early warning systems, dry weather and open burning risk assessments, readiness of relevant agency assets, and the formulation of action plans based on current risk levels.
In his ministry’s winding up speech at the Dewan Rakyat today, he stated that the government has developed the National Haze Action Plan (PTJK) since 1999 as the primary mechanism for coordinating actions among relevant ministries, departments, and agencies in managing haze issues.
