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Forest fires surge on Indonesia’s Borneo

Indonesian officials say the number of land-clearing fires on the island of Borneo has soared in recent days, raising concerns the resulting haze could pollute skies over neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore.

More than 400 fires are now being monitored on Borneo, compared to around 200 on Wednesday and 100 earlier this week.

The Forestry Ministry says most of the fires are in West Kalimantan, the majority of which have been set by local farmers, and the rest on commercial plantations.

Indonesian news agency Antara says air quality is down in the state capital Pontianak, despite government promises to control the annual burn-off.

Source: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/

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Tour de Indonesia back on track

JAKARTA: The international Tour de Indonesia is set for a comeback in November, after sponsorship problems prevented the event taking place last year.

The tour, which takes a 1,945-kilometer route from Jakarta to Bali from Nov. 2 to 12, is expecting 14 foreign and eight local teams to take part.

“Hopefully it will run smoothly as last year we couldn’t make it due to some problems with the Malaysian event organizer,” Indonesian Cycling Association secretary-general Sofyan Ruzian said on Wednesday.

The last time the tour ran was in 2006, when US$100,000 was on offer in cash prizes. Irish lead cyclist David McCann won the race with his Giant Asia Racing team, of Chinese Taipei, taking the first place. –JP

Source: The Jakarta Post

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