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containers did not involve any financial cost to the Government, as the costs
were borne by importers or shipping companies, which was also the first
time in Malaysian history.
ADDRESSING TRANSBOUNDARY HAZE POLLUTION
In addressing haze pollution, the Government has taken various actions
through MESTECC in order to tackle this problem which is mainly caused
by forest fire both in the country and in the neighbouring country.
The ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) database
identified 6,306 hotspot activities in Sumatera and Kalimantan in
August 2019, and also 395 in Malaysia. This increased a month later with
hotspot amounts in Sumatera and Kalimantan at 15,652 as compared to
284 in Malaysia. In October 2019, the hotspot activities in Sumatera and
Kalimantan were 4,870 while none was detected in Malaysia.
YB Puan Yeo Bee Yin and YB Puan Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis show off the plastic Several actions that the Government has taken to deal with the haze problem
packages from foreign countries which are found in containers during the Enforcement include cleaning the air and reducing the haze impacts. MESTECC with
Operation at Westport, Port Klang on 23 April 2019. the cooperation from Malaysian Meteorological Department and Royal
Malaysian Air Force conducted five cloud seeding operations in several
In its efforts to combat transboundary pollution, MESTECC and the states in Peninsular Malaysia.
Government of Malaysia fully supported the Conference of the Parties
(COP14) at the 14th Basel Convention which took place from 29 April to To tackle the impact of the haze caused by domestic fire, the Government
10 May 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Malaysian delegation achieved the mobilised the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia, National Disaster
mission to amend the classification of plastic waste at the Basel Convention Management Agency and local authorities for fire fighting efforts and
which requires strict controls on cross-border movements of plastic wastes. actions. The Government has also implemented the water bombing
operation in Miri, Sarawak and Sri Aman, Sarawak using the Bombardier
As at January 2020, Malaysia has successfully sent back 150 containers (3,737 415 aircraft. On 10 September 2019, MESTECC held a meeting with
metric tonne) containing illegal plastic waste to the countries of origin, representatives from the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and agreed
which include some developed countries such as France, United Kingdom, to assit in fighting the forest or plantation fire in Indonesia.
United States of America, Canada, Spain and Japan. The sending back of
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were borne by importers or shipping companies, which was also the first
time in Malaysian history.
ADDRESSING TRANSBOUNDARY HAZE POLLUTION
In addressing haze pollution, the Government has taken various actions
through MESTECC in order to tackle this problem which is mainly caused
by forest fire both in the country and in the neighbouring country.
The ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) database
identified 6,306 hotspot activities in Sumatera and Kalimantan in
August 2019, and also 395 in Malaysia. This increased a month later with
hotspot amounts in Sumatera and Kalimantan at 15,652 as compared to
284 in Malaysia. In October 2019, the hotspot activities in Sumatera and
Kalimantan were 4,870 while none was detected in Malaysia.
YB Puan Yeo Bee Yin and YB Puan Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis show off the plastic Several actions that the Government has taken to deal with the haze problem
packages from foreign countries which are found in containers during the Enforcement include cleaning the air and reducing the haze impacts. MESTECC with
Operation at Westport, Port Klang on 23 April 2019. the cooperation from Malaysian Meteorological Department and Royal
Malaysian Air Force conducted five cloud seeding operations in several
In its efforts to combat transboundary pollution, MESTECC and the states in Peninsular Malaysia.
Government of Malaysia fully supported the Conference of the Parties
(COP14) at the 14th Basel Convention which took place from 29 April to To tackle the impact of the haze caused by domestic fire, the Government
10 May 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Malaysian delegation achieved the mobilised the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia, National Disaster
mission to amend the classification of plastic waste at the Basel Convention Management Agency and local authorities for fire fighting efforts and
which requires strict controls on cross-border movements of plastic wastes. actions. The Government has also implemented the water bombing
operation in Miri, Sarawak and Sri Aman, Sarawak using the Bombardier
As at January 2020, Malaysia has successfully sent back 150 containers (3,737 415 aircraft. On 10 September 2019, MESTECC held a meeting with
metric tonne) containing illegal plastic waste to the countries of origin, representatives from the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and agreed
which include some developed countries such as France, United Kingdom, to assit in fighting the forest or plantation fire in Indonesia.
United States of America, Canada, Spain and Japan. The sending back of
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