A motorist wears a mask as he travels past the Petronas Twin Towers shrouded in haze in Kuala Lumpur September 12, 2019. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
“On the social media space, Malaysia accounts for the largest social media share of voice, at 87 per cent, regarding the haze crisis as many are appalled by the severity of the situation. “The lack of outcry in Singapore and Indonesia over slow poisoning by the haze is disappointing,” Ipsos said.It also pointed out the main topics in social media discussions over haze were about its health and education impact.
Of the survey’s Malaysian participants, 57 per cent had reported throat irritation, 55 per cent reported eye infection, 51 per cent reported coughing as well as nose irritation and 38 per cent reported headaches. “79 per cent of the Malaysians polled are keeping the children inside to keep them protected from the haze,” it said.
“The top three control measures which garnered highest social media public reactions were school closure, employee welfare and cloud seeding. But social media users felt these quick fixes were implemented in a very haphazard manner,” Ipsos said.
Maybe because this yr wind direction blew in favour of Singapore and Spore was not as badly affected like years before; or else I’m sure they will equally unhappy like us
Haha... seriously Thats really show it...
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