SINGAPORE: The 18th meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee (MSC) on Transboundary Haze Pollution will be held in Singapore on May, and it will be chaired by Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli. 

In a press release on Tuesday (May 3), the ministry said the ministerial-level MSC comprises Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

The meeting will continue to review and enhance cooperative measures to monitor, prevent and mitigate smoke haze arising from land and forest fires in the five countries, it added.

The meeting is expected to discuss key issues pertaining to haze prevention measures in the five MSC countries, including the implementation of the ASEAN Sub-Regional Haze Monitoring System, mobilisation of international assistance to support fire-fighting efforts, and exchange of information among countries, the press release said.