AP vs AP

I wonder which of the two APs is getting more attention right now.

AP - Approved Permit

Today is the D-Day for Rafidah Aziz. Let's hope she gets a good grilling by the MPs today and we get to enjoy the details (hopefully truth) tomorrow.

AP - Air Pollution

The haze is getting worse! Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse than yesterday. I am on leave at home today and I could even smell it inside my house!

A photo I took at 5.30PM, near Damansara Jaya.
Many cars have their head lights on.

The government has finally decided to make the Air Pollution Index public, since the worst haze hit Malaysia in 1997. According to The Star, the API in Klang exceeded 400 today, while elsewhere in Klang Valley, the APIs recorded were between 200 and 350! According to the API system adopted in Malaysia, the air quality is categorised as hazardous when the index exceed 300.

The major source of haze is from Sumatra.

According to Fire and Rescue Services Department director-general Datuk Hamzah Abu Bakar, even though a few hot spots had been detected in certain parts of the country, they had been either put out by firemen or were under control.

Satellite image of the haze situation. Hot spots are circled in red.