Expenditure

• It cost M$50,000 (S$24,000) a week for one aircraft to carry out cloud seeding operations. At times, a dozen aircraft were used.
• A total of M$2.4 million was spent to compensate 1,200 fire fighters sent to Indonesia.
• The authorities bought 300,000 masks for the people of Sarawak when a state of emergency was declared.

Economy

• Malaysia Airlines lost M$6.5 million due to the cancelled flights.
• Other carriers were also hurt when Subang airport, Bayan Lepas International Airport and Sarawak airport closed.
• Experts estimate that the Sarawak economy lost M$30 million a day during the state of emergency.

Tourism

• A Malaysian Association of Hotels survey of 61 hotels estimated that revenue lost between June and September was M$5.5 million.
• Badly hit were the hotels in Penang, Langkawi and Sarawak, where occupancy dropped to below 30%.
• Tourist arrivals dropped. Langkawi used to see 6,000 arrivals a day. It dropped to about 1,800 during the haze.

Livestock and Agriculture

• Padi yield dropped. In Terengganu, the average production per acre was 4.5 tonnes, down from five tonnes. The haze reduced sunlight, which is needed for photosynthesis.
• The death rate of chickens being bred rose by 5% while growth of other poultry was stunted.

Health

• In Sarawak, more than 25,000 people were treated for respiratory aliments in September.
• On the day the Air Pollution Index hit 831, more than 2,800 received treatment, compared to the daily average of about 400.
• In Klang Valley, nearly 14,000 people were treated for breathing problems and conjunctivitis in September. One asthma sufferer died.

Lifestyle

• Students stayed away from school.
• Several multinationals and embassies allowed their expatriates staff to leave the country.
• Restaurants, pubs and nightclubs reported a drop in business of between 10% and 30% as people stayed home.
• Malaysians took their children and elderly parents out of the country, with Australia, Thailand, and Britain being the preferred destination.
• Athletes preparing for the Southeast Asia Games in Jakarta were forced to train indoors. Several world-class sportsmen said that they would give the Commonwealth Game in KL a miss next year.
• The Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament was cancelled.