Malaysia Day celebration to move indoors amid Sarawak haze
THE Malaysia Day celebration in Sarawak on Sept 16 will go ahead as scheduled, but the event will be held entirely indoors amid worsening haze in Kuching and Serian. The celebration will take place at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK), with...
Malaysia Day festivities on September 16 will take place indoors at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) due to escalating haze issues in Sarawak, according to government spokesman Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil. The cabinet acknowledged that the concerning haze conditions in Kuching and Sri Aman, Sarawak, would prevent any outdoor events from proceeding.
However, the Malaysia Day celebration will be held indoors on the evening of September 16, Fahmi informed reporters during his weekly press conference. In terms of cloud seeding operations in Sarawak, Fahmi revealed that the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry had advised the cabinet that such activities were contingent upon recommendations from the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), contingent upon identifying clouds suitable for seeding.
He further disclosed that recent cloud formations detected by MetMalaysia had been deemed unsuitable due to wind patterns pushing them towards the South China Sea, indicating that any seeding conducted would fail to yield rainfall in the areas most in need.
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