MEETING ON HAZE IN BRUNEI

Bernama Media – Mon, May 7, 2012

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SINGAPORE, May 7 (Bernama) -- Singapore''s Minister for the Environment and

Water Resources Dr Vivian Balakrishnan will attend two meetings on transboundary

haze in Brunei Darussalam this week.

Dr Balakrishnan is scheduled to attend the 13th Meeting of the Sub-Regional

Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution (13th MSC

Meeting) and the 2nd Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on

Transboundary Haze Forum (2nd MSC Forum) from tomorrow and Wednesday,

respectively, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

The MSC was mooted by the Sub-Regional Ministerial Meeting on Transboundary

Haze Pollution (SRMM) in Pekanbaru on October 2006. Singapore is chairing the

MSC from 2010 to 2012.

The ministry said Dr Balakrishnan will also meet his counterparts from

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand to review and enhance

measures to monitor, prevent and mitigate land and forest fires in the southern

Asean region.

The forum was first convened in 2009 as a platform for provincial

authorities to share their efforts and challenges in addressing forest and

peatland fires, as well as for non-governmental stakeholders to share their

experiences in mobilising local communities to help in early warning and fire

prevention efforts.

The ministry said Dr Balakrishnan would also attend the 6th Annual Exchange

of Visits between Brunei''s Ministry of Development and Singapore''s Ministry of

the Environment and Water Resources (6th BSAEV).

-- BERNAMA

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