4 Quotes by Yaacob Ibrahim

We are all concerned equally about the image of ASEAN as an effect of this haze and (the Indonesian environment minister) understands it also, that's why he was prepared to take the offer of support from Singapore, Malaysia and the other countries,

We will mobilize 540 people to go down to four different estates this weekend for the combing exercise. The exercise will be extended to the whole of Singapore subsequently,

We will comb the streets, check the drains, look at the bins ... the roof structures at all estates. We will find the breeding grounds and destroy them.

So we will do our part to work together with our Indonesian counterparts to try and control this problem. I think more importantly, ASEAN should come together and see this as an ASEAN challenge so that we can tackle this as quickly as possible.