BAD AIR: Market traders are losing business as customers stay indoors due to worsening air quality KUALA LUMPUR: THE worsening haze in the city is taking a toll on most city folk who have been forced to curtail their regular outdoor activities. The wet markets, which would usually be bustling on a Sunday morning, was noticeably muted yesterday as the Air Pollutant Index (API) readings reached 188 in Klang, 108 in Petaling Jaya and 102 in Shah Alam and Cheras. At the Lucky Garden open-air market in Bangsar, even the traders were planning to go home early as thick haze enveloped them. Nasi lemak seller Erni Yusraini, 45, said that the haze was affecting everybody's business. "The number...
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