KUCHING: Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii has urged the Energy, Science, Technology and Climate Change Ministry to take new innovative steps in addressing the transboundary haze.
Dr Yii wants the ministry to reconvene a meeting of the Asean Ministerial Committee to enforce the existing understanding among member as per the Haze Agreement 2002.
“While it is important for the different countries to have an understanding, it is also important to have an enforcement mechanism to keep the different countries in check.
“This has been a chronic problem and is affecting everyone,” he said in a statement yesterday.
Dr Yii said he was particularly concerned for the health of those who needed to work outside, children and pregnant mothers.
“In the case of UPSR, while it is difficult to postpone a national exam unless the issue affects the whole region, there are standard operating procedures to follow in case the unhealthy API readings continue to rise,” he said.
