Singapore to toughen haze law, establish regional haze control center

• Singapore will toughen its haze law with arrest powers and increased fines.
• Singapore will establish the Asean Coordinating Centre for Transboundary Haze Pollution Control in Indonesia.
• This initiative will be undertaken while Singapore chairs the Asean regional bloc next year.
• The move aims to strengthen the implementation of the Asean agreement on transboundary haze.
• Singapore's environment minister announced these plans on Tuesday.