Indonesia does not need to apologise to neighbours over haze

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This is an excerpt of the Chinese article I put up (last week?) on the controversial comments of senior national leaders in Indonesia over the haze shrouding Singapore and Malaysia...
Such comments reflect the mentality and attitude of (not all, but some, and hopefully, just a few) national leaders in our neighbouring countries, showing how diplomatic ties can be fragile and can rupture if the political figure in power is someone who holds antagonistic feelings towards us....Luckily the current Indo President Jokowi seems to be more cordial towards us.

Perhaps one main reason the haze problem has failed to be rooted out after all these years is the lack of political will at the upper echelons of Indonesia's govt. The comments in the above link seem to suggest that it is not a pressing issue for them, perhaps since the haze does not drift to Jakarta, where all the powerful and influential and rich pple are located..... 


Qn: To what extent is the development of a country affected by geographical factors? (SRJC Prelim 2015)