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The Haze Drama: Why Our Current Measures Will Never Solve the Problem Every time the haze returns, the same drama begins. The skies turn grey. People complain. Governments exchange statements. Authorities promise tougher enforcement. Businesses worry. Families check the air quality index. Then the rain comes, the skies clear, and everyone moves on. Until the next haze. The problem is not that we don't know how to fight haze. It is that we have not made preventing haze more rewarding than causing it. Haze is not simply an environmental problem. It is also a problem of economics, incentives, accountability and governance. The 2026 haze crisis exposes the weakness of our approach On 16 October, Singapore's National Environment Agency issued preventive notices to seven companies with land concessions in Indonesia, requiring action to prevent or extinguish fires.  Meanwhile, Indonesia has deployed tens of thousands of personnel to fight the fires and has now agreed to accept foreign...

In another 2 months, the haze or smog will stay with Singapore and its neighbours for several months until the rain comes. We are told to stay indoors most of the time. Unknown to many people, your indoor 'haze' is actually more than the outdoor haze.  You see, a haze is defined as an unclear atmosphere suspended by fine particles.  In a non-weather sense, a haze is a state of mental confusion.   Many people are hazy about their future .  They are affected by the environment, what people say about them and about what they read about everyday in the social and print media.  People are even more hazy when it comes to work.   How many people can tell you straight in the face where their company is heading?   What's the company's vision, mission and goals?  When it comes for financial matters, hardly 1% of the population has retirement plans other than some insurance policies.  We at AsiaTrainers.com believe that our job as trainers is ...