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Singapore called for "definitive action" from Indonesia as air quality stuck at very unhealthy levels for a second day because of forest fires in its neighbour, disrupting businesses in the prosperous city-state.
Work at several Singapore construction sites slowed with few workers seen outdoors and fast-food operator McDonald's suspended its delivery service. The Singapore military suspended outdoor training.
"No country orcorporation has the right to pollute the air at the expense of Singaporeans' health and wellbeing," Singapore's Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on his Facebook page.
The chief of Singapore's National Environment Agency, Andrew Tan, was heading to an emergency haze meeting convened in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, he said.
"We will insist on definitive action."
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