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29-12-2013, 01:30 AM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan said: "Early next year, I'll be going to Parliament to introduce a new Act specifically targeting trans-boundary haze. We will make it a criminal offence. We will hold the companies as well as directors liable for the damage they cause to us, as well as the deleterious health impact on our population. We're about to finalise the drafting, I will present it to the public. We will take the views of the public, adjust it if necessary. I hope to pass this bill sometime within the first half of next year.
"Again, the intention is to send a signal to companies. We are going to hold them accountable and we know who is responsible for causing these problems to literally millions of Singaporeans and Indonesians."
Dr Balakrishnan said his ministry will also collaborate with non-government organisations to highlight the problem within the local and international sphere.
He said the key objective is to ultimately create an awareness among consumers of palm oil, to understand which companies are producing palm oil sustainably and responsibly, and which ones are doing so through indiscriminate burning.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/...re/936324.html (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/haze-dengue-floods-are/936324.html)
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Dr V and Dr Jia Jia....
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?171469-Vivian-threatens-to-crush-Companies-responsible-for-Haze-REAL-or-NATO-only&goto=newpost).
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan said: "Early next year, I'll be going to Parliament to introduce a new Act specifically targeting trans-boundary haze. We will make it a criminal offence. We will hold the companies as well as directors liable for the damage they cause to us, as well as the deleterious health impact on our population. We're about to finalise the drafting, I will present it to the public. We will take the views of the public, adjust it if necessary. I hope to pass this bill sometime within the first half of next year.
"Again, the intention is to send a signal to companies. We are going to hold them accountable and we know who is responsible for causing these problems to literally millions of Singaporeans and Indonesians."
Dr Balakrishnan said his ministry will also collaborate with non-government organisations to highlight the problem within the local and international sphere.
He said the key objective is to ultimately create an awareness among consumers of palm oil, to understand which companies are producing palm oil sustainably and responsibly, and which ones are doing so through indiscriminate burning.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/...re/936324.html (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/haze-dengue-floods-are/936324.html)
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Dr V and Dr Jia Jia....
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?171469-Vivian-threatens-to-crush-Companies-responsible-for-Haze-REAL-or-NATO-only&goto=newpost).