# Singapore-Indonesia haze task force should become ASEAN-wide platform: PM Wong

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/singapore-indonesia-haze-task-force-should-become-asean-wide-platform-pm-wong/
- Published: 2026-11-15T10:44:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T11:28:15+00:00
- Original publisher: CNA (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/lawrence-wong-asean-summit-manila-haze-indonesia-6552421
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Wong wants the haze task force opened to all ASEAN members.
- He called for shared evidence and action against responsible companies.
- He also urged restraint on border tensions and progress from Myanmar.

## Summary

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has urged ASEAN to turn a Singapore-Indonesia task force investigating companies linked to haze-causing fires into a bloc-wide platform. He said members should share information and evidence, hold responsible companies to account and strengthen prevention, since fires can occur across the region.

The task force was announced in October, and Singapore has amended its Transboundary Haze Pollution Act to strengthen action against firms. Wong credited Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and emergency crews for their efforts, noting that climate change and an unusually dry El Niño season worsened this year’s fires. At the ASEAN summit in Manila, he also urged restraint and dialogue over Thailand-Cambodia tensions, and said Myanmar must show concrete progress on the bloc’s peace plan before resuming full political participation.

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