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1、新加坡出现雾霾天气HazeinSingaporesoaredtohazardouslevelsagainonThursdays.新加坡的雾霾在本周四重新上升至危险水平。 At13:00localtimeSingapore'spollutionstandardsindex(PSI)reached371,breakingallpreviousrecords. ThehazeiscausedbyillegalforestfiresinIndonesia'sSumatraisland. SingaporeandIndonesiaaretoholdanemerg

2、encymeeting,withSingapore'senvironmentministerdemanding"definitiveaction"fromJakarta. AndrewTan,thechiefexecutiveofSingapore'sNationalEnvironmentAgency,willleadSingapore'sdelegationattheemergencymeeting,hostedbyIndonesia'sforeignministryinJakarta. DrVivianBalakrishnan,Singapore'

3、sEnvironmentandWaterResourcesMinister,wroteonhisFacebookwallthat"Singaporeanshavelostpatience,andareunderstandablyangry." "NocountryorcorporationhastherighttopollutetheairattheexpenseofSingaporeans'healthandwellbeing,"headded.  However,Indonesia'sMinisterforPeople'sWelfare,Agung

4、Laksono,saidthatSingaporewas"behavinglikeachild". "ThisisnotwhattheIndonesiannationwants,itisbecauseofnature,"hesaid.'Cloudseeding' Singapore'sbuildingshavebeenobscuredbythepollutedairandthesmellofburntwoodhaspermeatedthecity-state.  PrimeMinisterLeeHsiengLoonghasaskedSingaporea

5、nsto"stayindoorswherepossibleandavoidheavyoutdooractivities". AirtrafficcontrollersinSingaporehavebeentoldtoworkwithextracautiongiventhepoorvisibility,whileMcDonald'shastemporarilycancelleditsdeliveryservice.  TheSingaporeanmilitaryhasalsoreportedlysuspendedalloutdoortraining. 2

6、Thepoorairqualityhaspromptedwidespreadbuyingofdisposablefacemasks,leadingshopstorunoutofstock. APSIreadingabove200indicates"veryunhealthy"air,whileaPSIscoreabove300is"hazardous". PartsofMalaysiahavealsorecorded"hazardous"pollutionlevels,withover200schoolsinthecountry'ssouthorder

7、edtoshut. Malaysia'sDepartmentofEnvironmenthasalsobannedopenburninginsomestates.2