Devolution hampers Jakarta's bid to end haze
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HAVING promised to extinguish forest fires in Riau in western Indonesia by early October, President Joko Widodo jetted into Sumatra last week for a progress check. The smoke was so thick his plane could not land, forcing him back to Jakarta.
Exacerbated by dry conditions from El Nino, the haze has blown across South-east Asia, blanketing Singapore, parts of Indonesia and Malaysia in a smog that has closed schools and forced some people to flee their homes.
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