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Tieng Anh Vui
Pollution levels reached a new record high for a third day in a row in Singapore, as smoky haze from fires in Indonesia shrouded the city state.
The Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hit 400 at 11:00 on Friday (03:00 GMT) - the highest in the country's history.
The haze is also affecting Malaysia, with another 100 schools closed in the south of the country.
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsieng Loong warned on Thursday that the haze could remain in place for weeks.
"We can't tell how this problem is going to develop because it depends on the burning, it depends on the weather, it depends on the wind," he said.
"It can easily last for several weeks and quite possibly it could last longer until the dry season ends in Sumatra which may be September or October."
A PSI reading above 300 is defined as "hazardous".
The fires are caused by illegal slash-and-burn land clearance in Sumatra, to the west of Singapore.
Mr Lee said Singapore had provided satellite date to Indonesia to help it identify companies involved and said that if any Singapore companies were involved, that would be addressed.
Singapore also offered Indonesia an aircraft for cloud-seeding, after talks between officials from the two countries in Jakarta.
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