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Singapore must prepare for risk of increased haze in 2023 and 2024

We must be ready to protect the most vulnerable – the young, the old and those working outdoors.

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The very young and elderly are susceptible to respiratory illness when exposed to high levels of particulate matter.

The very young and elderly are susceptible to respiratory illness when exposed to high levels of particulate matter.

ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Janice Lee, Steve Yim and Benjamin Horton

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The recent

return of El Nino

is again prompting discussions about how we should prepare for haze in Singapore.

A repeat of the

2015 South-east Asian transboundary haze

is possible this year and probably in 2024.  Much of Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand suffered a protracted period of poor visibility and air quality then, after peat and vegetation fires raging in Indonesia were intensified by a bout of hot and dry weather brought about by El Nino.

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