Haze: Some 220 schools, higher learning institutions in Tangkak, Muar to close Sunday (Sept 15)

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TANGKAK (Bernama): Some 220 schools and institutions of higher learning in Tangkak and Muar will close Sunday (Sept 15) as the Air Pollutant Index (API) readings here breached the 'very unhealthy' mark Saturday (Sept 14).

Johor Education, Human Resources, Science and Technology Committee chairman Aminolhuda Hassan inspecting some of the face masks that will be distributed to schools in Tangkak and Muar.

The API for Tangkak, released on the Environment Department's website, entered the ‘unhealthy’ category at 7am Saturday with a reading of 203, and stood at 208 at 5pm Saturday evening . Johor Education, Human Resources, Science and Technology Committee chairman Aminolhuda Hassan said the closure will affect 129 schools in Tangkak and 89 schools in Muar, as well as institutions of higher learning, including matriculation colleges.

Aminolhuda said this to reporters after officiating at the distribution of 50,000 face masks to schools in Tangkak and Muar.

 

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