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Penang orders all schools on island to close as haze thickens

Students head home after their school was closed due to the haze in Balik Pulau, Penang September 18, 2019. — Picture by KE Ooi

State executive councillor Phee Boon Poh confirmed that the state Education Department has ordered for all schools in the northeast district to be closed as at 12pm.

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