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HAZE went up to 'Hazardous Range' in Singapore!!!

On 19 Jun 2013, 1pm, the PSI was 152. This photo taken while I was having lunch at Marina Bay Sands. You can hardly see Esplanade from the photo right.   Not only that, t he acrid smell of burnt wood pervaded the island-state. On 19 Jun 2013, 10pm, the PSI went up to a "Hazardous" level of 321! It was by far the highest since 1997 in Singapore. I have never seen Singapore in this bad state before. The NEA said it had alerted its Indonesian counterpart on the situation "and urged the Indonesian authorities to look into urgent measures to mitigate the transboundary haze occurrence". Seriously who is to blame for the HAZE? The Indonesian? Maybe not... Ministry official Hadi Daryanto attempted to shift some of the blame onto Malaysia and Singapore, saying their palm oil companies that had invested in Indonesia were also responsible. Well whoever had caused this, I hope they can spare a thought for others, I believe their family and frien...