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⛺ 6,000+ scouts from 12 countries are in Penang for a jamboree — organisers set up a haze "war room" with hourly API checks, ready to move kids indoors.

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🌫️ 17 areas across Malaysia recorded unhealthy to hazardous API readings as of 9am Sunday — IPD Serian topped the list at 374, per APIMS.

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😷 Kuching's API hit a hazardous 304 on Sunday, pushing Sarawak families to cut outdoor time and hunker down at home as haze worsens.

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👶 Don't wait for API to hit 101 — paediatricians say parents should keep kids indoors as soon as air quality starts turning unhealthy amid the haze.

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☁️ Sarawak may bring forward cloud seeding (set for Sept 3-5) as haze worsens, says Deputy Minister Len Talif Salleh, urging high-risk groups to mask up.

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🏥 Activist Voon Shiak Ni urges Putrajaya to act now, warning hazardous haze in Sarawak could overwhelm hospitals with a surge in respiratory cases.

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🚨 Air quality alert: Serian, Sarawak hit a hazardous API of 425 by 2pm Sunday, up from 399 at noon — among the worst readings this haze season.

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Merdeka 2026: haze, rising insurance premiums, stretched public hospitals — they're symptoms of the same problem. Our healthcare system hasn't kept pace with the …

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