Indonesia has enough resources, does not need Singapore's help in fighting haze for now

Published Fri, Oct 2, 2015 · 08:05 AM

[SINGAPORE] Indonesia has enough resources of its own and does not need Singapore's help to fight the haze fornow, Indonesian officials told a delegation from the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) in Jakarta on Thursday (Oct 1).

The MEWR team had reiterated and explained Singapore's offer of assistance in tackling land and forest fires that are causing the haze. The offer includes providing one Chinook helicopter to conduct water bombing and one C-130 aircraft for cloud-seeding operations.

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