{
  "id": 16897659,
  "title": "Shanmugam, Gan Kim Yong & Grace Fu meet with 10 S'pore-based companies linked to haze",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/shanmugam-gan-kim-yong-grace-fu-meet-with-10-spore-based-companies",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T12:42:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/10/ministers-notice-companies-meeting/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Senior Minister Shanmugam, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong, and Minister Grace Fu met with 10 Singapore-based companies on Oct. 28 to serve legal notices regarding transboundary haze. The meeting aimed to outline the government's expectations for the companies and establish how they will be assessed under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA). The 10 firms involved include Asia Pulp & Paper Company Limited, Bumitama Agri Ltd, Golden Agri International Pte Ltd, First Resources Ltd, Indofood Agri Resources Ltd, Kencana Agri Ltd, TSH Global Plantation Pte Ltd, TSH Oversea Pte Ltd, and Wilmar International Ltd. If companies fail to comply, they face fines of up to S$5,000, up to one month's jail, or both. The government plans to table amendments to the THPA in Parliament in November.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}