[填空题]It’s an annual occurrence in the dry season: a smoky, hazardous haze blankets southern Malaysia and Singapore. This year it was so bad that in some affected areas there was a 100 percent rise in the number of asthma cases. Hundreds of schools were closed, and the government of Malaysia (36) gas masks.
The source of the pollution lies across the Malacca Strait in Indonesia where (37) burning of forests to clear space for palm oil plantations continues unabated.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono offered a public (38) for what has happened and asked for the understanding of Singapore and Malaysia.
The Indonesian president promised to prosecute anyone (39) in illegal slash-and-burn activities. Eight Southeast Asian companies are reportedly under (40) .
But the ongoing deforestation seems to contradict past promises. In 2009, President Yudhoyono pledged to reduce by 26 percent greenhouse gas (