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From The Straits Times, Singapore


From the Straits Times
Title of Picture/Diagram/Illustration/Related Article Date Page Number Author
"Haze is back, but Env says air still safe" August 21, 1997 Page 25 Aziz Hussin
"Haze to continue for next fortnight" August 23, 1997 Page 1 Alan Lim
"Ill winds over the Pacific*" August 28, 1997 Page 9 Jaleha Hashim
"Visibility: Very Low*" August 29, 1997 Page 34 The Sun
"Haze worsens in Singapore, hitting 118 on the pollution index" September 7, 1997 Page 1 Lau Fook Kong
"The El Nino effect" September 8, 1997 Page 31 Foo Hwei Wen
"Hazy days, here again" September 12, 1997 Life, Page 16 George Gascon, Alvin Toh
"Haze worsens as PSI levels soars to 127" September 13, 1997 Page 2 Aziz Hussin
"Haze! Singapore" September 15, 1997 Page 3 Raymond Lee, Jaleha Hashim, Alan Lim
"What PSI levels mean" September 16, 1997 Page 39 Adam Lee
"Vanishing skyline*" September 16, 1997 Page 4 The Star
"Scores left stranded at airports*" September 16, 1997 Page 9 The Sun
"Haze hits pollution index record of 226" September 19, 1997 Page 1 Terence Tan
"Operation rainmaker" September 20, 1997 Page 39 Foo Hwei Wen
"Kuching smothered" September 20, 1997 Page 36 Sarawak Tribune
"Poor visibility hinders food air to remote areas by air" September 22, 1997 Page 24 Derwin Pereira
"Drought and cholera toll in Indonesia rises" September 23, 1997 Page 23 AFP
"Region's haze disaster takes a turn for the worse" September 28, 1997 Page 1 Aziz Hussin
"29 crewmen feared trapped in sunken ship" September 28, 1997 Page 3 Raymond Lee
"Blanketed by smog" September 28, 1997 Page 4 Vincent Thian
"In sickness and in haze…" September 29, 1997 Page 1 Lau Fook Kong
"From forests…to burnt-out land" October 1, 1997 Page 1 CRISP (Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing, National University of Singapore)
"What satellite pictures show" October 1, 1997 Page 37 CRISP (Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing, National University of Singapore)
"Water stock plummets to low level" October 1, 1997 Page 2 Denise Tan
"Monthly average rainfall" October 2, 1997 Page 2 Lee Chee Chiew
"Cold cash not best way to fight the fires" October 2, 1997 Life, Page 4 Ravi Veloo
"Blue skies over Jakarta, but Indonesians feel the heat*" October 3, 1997 Page 48 AFP
"For better of for worse?" October 3, 1997 Page 50 Jerome Ming, Steven Lee, Alan Lim
"A farmer's life ruined by forest fires" October 6, 1997 Page 31 Jasbir Singh
"Help is on the way" October 8, 1997 Page 36 Derwin Pereira
"Who's giving what?*" October 8, 1997 Page 36 Reuters
"For peat's sake, the threat is underground" October 9, 1997 Page 25 Foo Hwei Wen
"Launching to Ubin's aid" October 9, 1997 Page 27 George Gascon
"El Nino: Pacific tantrums, Asian misery" October 26, 1997 Page 35 Foo Hwei Wen, Edmund Tee
"Raging Inferno" December 1, 1997 Page 2 Lee Chee Chiew
"It's not g'day, mate*" December 18, 1997 Page 4 AFP
"6 million Thais face long drought*" February 6, 1998 Page 18 AFP
"East Kalimantan fire-fighters battle the odds" February 23, 1998 Page 22 Walter Fernandez
"Water shortage is critical: Mahathir" March 28, 1998 Page 40 The Star

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Articles Referenced

From The Straits Times, Singapore


From The Straits Times
Title of Article Date of Article Page Number Author
"Shanghai's 14m people spared wrath of typhoon" August 20, 1997 Page 16 AFP, Reuters, Xinhua
"The curse of El Nino: Indonesia fears famine in Central Java and Sulawesi" August 29, 1997 Page 28 Bloomberg, AFP, Reuters
"The El Nino effect" September 8, 1997 Page 31 Leslie Koh
"KL seeds clouds to wash out the haze" September 9, 1997 Page 30 AFP, Reuters
"Five areas including KL put on alert as haze worsens" September 9, 1997 Page 30 NST, Bernama
“Haze gets worse despite rain from cloud-seeding” September 10, 1997 Page 30 Bernama
"KL acts as air quality hits hazardous level" September 16, 1997 Page 1 Brendan Pereira
"Indonesia sends aircraft to seed clouds" September 16, 1997 Page 9 Derwin Pereira
"PNG villagers face famine as drought worsens" September 16, 1997 Page 9 Reuters
"Sarawak schools to close today as haze worsens" September 19, 1997 Page 44 Bernama, AFP
"Fewer migratory birds seen in Singapore" September 19, 1997 Page 47 William Phuan
"ENV unveils haze action plan" September 20, 1997 Page 1 Dominic Nathan
"How Singapore's haze readings differ from Malaysia's" September 20, 1997 Page 48 M. Nirmala
"Poor visibility hinders food air to remote areas by air" September 22, 1997 Page 24 Derwin Pereira
"Flight disruptions cause $1.4m losses to Indonesian airports" September 22, 1997 Page 24 Derwin Pereira
"Drought and cholera toll in Indonesia rises*" September 23, 1997 Page 23 AFP, Reuters
"Bad air means good news for shops selling air-cleaners" September 24, 1997 Page 34 Elaine Lo, Roderick Chia
"Air pollution in Sarawak still at dangerous level" September 25, 1997 Page 32 AFP, Bernama, Reuter
"Acid rain warning in Sarawak" September 25, 1997 Page 32 Bernama
"Malaysian firemen arrive in Sumatra to applause" September 25, 1997 Page 32 David Miller
"Indonesia deploys troops to fight fires" September 25, 1997 Page 1 Derwin Pereira
"Two Indonesians dead, thousands ill from the haze" September 25, 1997 Page 1 Derwin Pereira
"Doctors say level of haze here not life-threatening" September 25, 1997 Page 1 Lea Wee
"29 crewmen feared trapped in sunken ship" September 28, 1997 Page 3 Bernama, Reuter
"Birds drop dead from sky in Philippine island" September 28, 1997 Page 8 Luz Baguioro
"Boy among 29 people still missing after ship collision" September 29, 1997 Page 28 Bernama, Reuter
"Singapore playing active role in fighting haze" September 29, 1997 Page 1 Walter Fernandez
"1,400 expats in Sumatra ferried to Singapore" September 30, 1997 Page 3 Siti Andrianie
“Malaysian chicken and greens output falls but Singapore unaffected” October 1, 1997 Page 39 Ho Wah Foon
"Farmers' crops hit hard by lack of sunlight" October 2, 1997 Page 36 David Miller
"KL firemen put out peat fires" October 3, 1997 Page 1 Ginnie Teo, Jasbir Singh
"7 killed as boat, cargo ship collide in thick haze" October 5, 1997 Page 29 David Miller
"Too hazy for songbirds to sing" October 5, 1997 Page 1 Tan Shzr Ee
"Singapore hopeful fires will be tamed" October 8, 1997 Page 2 Chua Lee Hoong
"What exactly has Jakarta done to beat the haze?" October 8, 1997 Page 36 Derwin Pereira
"Indonesian air force to seed clouds in parts of Kalimantan" October 8, 1997 Page 39 Derwin Pereira
"Fresh water bound for Pulau Ubin today" October 8, 1997 Page 3 Ginnie Teo
"Only heavy downpours can put out smouldering underground fires" October 9, 1997 Page 25 Foo Hwei Wen
"Water tankers spell relief for Pulau Ubin" October 9, 1997 Page 1 Geraldine Yeo
“Severe drought a threat to 120,000 Irian Jayans” October 22, 1997 Page 26 AFP
"Haze-related ailments likely to rise this week" October 25, 1997 Page 62 Lillian Foo
"In Indonesia: Haze thickens" October 29, 1997 Page 25 AFP, Reuters
"In Papua New Guinea: Villagers warned of tainted water" October 29, 1997 Page 25 Reuters
"In the Philippines: Plans to import corn next year as buffer" October 29, 1997 Page 25 Reuters
"Drought puts 150,000 in PNG at risk of starvation" October 30, 1997 Page 38 AFP
"The chain-saw massacre…" November 1, 1997 Page 41 Reuters, AFP
"Fazed by the Haze" November 10, 1997 Page 18-19 Susan Sim, Luz Baguioro, Brendan Pereira, Jason Leow, Edward Tang, Raymond Lee
"Hundreds of bushfires rage out of control in Australia" November 29, 1997 Page 19 AFP
"Australian troops mobilised to fight bushfires" December 1, 1997 Page 2 AFP, Reuters
"New Indonesian fires cause haze, flight delays" February 3, 1998 Page 2 Derwin Pereira
"Land clearing by burning 'may be cause of fires'" February 5, 1998 Page 2 Derwin Pereira
"6 million Thais face long drought" February 6, 1998 Page 18 AFP
"Air pollution in Miri at unhealthy levels" February 6, 1998 Page 24 The Star
"Fires spread to Sumatra" February 10, 1998 Page 1 Reuters
"Minister warns of long drought" February 13, 1998 Page 32 The Star
"East Kalimantan fire-fighters battle the odds" February 23, 1998 Page 22 Walter Fernandez
"Auckland CBD blackouts cripple businesses" February 23, 1998 Page 1 AFP, Reuters
"Aucklanders evacuated amid power crisis" February 24, 1998 Page 4 AFP, Bloomberg
"Drought destroys crops worth $3.2m" March 3, 1998 Page 27 The Star
"Indonesian fires send smoke over Borneo" March 5, 1998 Page 23 AFP
"New fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan" March 5, 1998 Page 2 Dominic Nathan
"Raging fires" March 15, 1998 Page 21 Reuters, AFP
"Haze cost Singapore at least $104m, say environmentalists" March 16, 1998 Page 29 Karamjit Kaur
"!,000 fires raging in East Kalimantan" March 21, 1998 Page 23 AFP
"New satellite to help monitor haze in the region" March 22, 1998 Page 3 Chang Ai-Lien
"Haze set to cripple tourism" March 23, 1998 Page 1 Dominic Nathan, Koh Boon Pin
"Haze hit pockets hard too" March 24, 1998 Page 30 Dominic Nathan
"Damages now put at $425m March 24, 1998 Page 30 Dominic Nathan
"Water shortage is critical: Mahathir" March 28, 1998 Page 40 The Star
"Manila acts to contain forest fires" March 30, 1998 Page 23 AFP
"Further water cuts in Selangor" March 30, 1998 Page 27 The Star
"Western Philippine Forests Ablaze" March 31, 1998 Page 31 Bernama
Singapore's water stocks fall to 73%" April 1, 1998 Page 3 Dominic Nathan
"Miri's air at dangerous levels" April 2, 1998 Page 1 AFP
"Jakarta counts the cost of fires" April 3, 1998 Page 27 AFP
"Water-rationing in KL to continue" April 3, 1998 Page 32 New Straits Times
"180,000 hectares of forests razed" April 7, 1998 Page 25 AFP
"Pacific Islands run out of water" April 8, 1998 Page 25 AFP
"Drought in Philippines: Rice raions arrive in south" April 8, 1998 Page 25 AFP
"New tide of toxins set to hit HK" April 22, 1998 Page 22 AFP, Xinhua