1.   If this remains an excuse, haze will continue to be a threat to the region.

2.   Mansur, a weather service official in Riau, said the smoky haze continued to clear Tuesday and visibility was improving.

3.   Michael Lim of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board said the haze would continue to curb arrivals through October.

4.   Nevertheless smoky haze continued to hang over Indonesia as well as neighboring Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, southern Thailand and the southern Philippines.

5.   The Environment Ministry advised Singaporeans to avoid vigorous outdoor activity on Friday, as the haze continued to envelop the city and thickened as the day wore on.

6.   The smoky haze continued to hang over Indonesia as well as neighboring Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, southern Thailand and the southern Philippines.