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Singapore stands ready to assist Indonesia in fighting haze: minister

Xinhua, September 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Singapore's Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen on Thursday called his Indonesian counterpart Ryamizard Ryacudu to reiterate Singapore government's offer to assist Indonesia in combating the ongoing forest fires in Sumatra.

As part of the overall haze assistance package offered to Indonesia, Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) have placed on standby a C-130 aircraft for cloud seeding operations, a Chinook helicopter with a water bucket for aerial fire-fighting, and up to two C-130 aircraft to ferry Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) fire-fighting assistance team.

SAF stands ready to support and assist the Indonesian military, which has been deployed to put out the fires, according to the minister. Endi