Singapore's squeaky clean
has suffered a body
ith a recent govern
d kclosure that the
has a serious pollu
1rOhlein. In,.-nid
ber, the island's cnvi
ncrit ministry said that
air pollution had reached an
unhealthy level and advised
people with serious heart
and lung ailments to stay
indoors.
Singapore authorities,
however, say that the thick
haze that has shrouded,the
city in recent weeks can be
traced to forest fires raging
in neighbouring Indonesia.
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