新加坡／帝力／雅加达电——10月14日，随着印度尼西亚山火引发的烟霾加剧，新加坡的污染指数在周三达到了今年的最高水平，东帝汶则宣布学校停课三天。
SINGAPORE/DILI/JAKARTA, Oct 14 - Pollution readings in Singapore reached their highest level this year on Wednesday while East Timor shut its schools for three days in response to intensifying smoke and haze from Indonesia's wildfires.
新加坡西部地区的1小时PM2.5浓度最高达到每立方米284微克，在该国国家环境局目前的烟霾期中首次进入“极高”区间。
Singapore's 1-hour PM2.5 reading hit a high of 284 micrograms per cubic metre in the western part of the island state, entering the National Environmental Agency's "very high" band for the first time during the current haze period.
东帝汶政府在一份声明中表示，由于“邻近地区或国家的山火污染物颗粒造成污染”，自10月15日起暂停三天的实体教学活动。
The East Timor government said in a statement that it was suspending face-to-face learning activities for three days starting from October 15 "due to contamination by pollutant particles from wildfires in neighbouring regions or countries".
东帝汶在声明中未点名印度尼西亚，但它与印尼东努沙登加拉省的一部分共用一座岛屿，该省此前报告了多处热点。
East Timor did not identify Indonesia by name, but it shares an island with a part of Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province, where a number of hotspots have been reported.
受厄尔尼诺相关的干燥天气条件影响，印尼正在经历11年来最严重的山火季。烟霾导致该国国内呼吸道疾病激增，并使整个地区的空气质量急剧下降，马来西亚的几个州也被迫关闭学校。
Indonesia has been battling its most intense wildfire season in 11 years, fueled by El Niño-related dry weather conditions. The haze has caused a spike in respiratory illnesses at home and a dramatic decline in air quality across the region, with several states in Malaysia also forced to shut down schools.
2015年10月，印尼的山火曾使新加坡西部的PM2.5浓度飙升至每立方米471微克的全国纪录。“将他们视作局外人”印度尼西亚总统普拉博沃·苏比昂托已下令部署更多资源以对抗山火。
In October 2015, Indonesian wildfires brought PM2.5 levels in the west of Singapore up to a national record of 471 micrograms per cubic metre. 'TREAT THEM LIKE AN OUTCAST' Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has ordered additional resources to be deployed to combat the wildfires.
政治与安全事务统筹部官员霍尼·哈瓦那在周三的新闻发布会上表示：“我们正在调动所有资源和能力。”
"We are mobilising all our resources and capabilities," said Honi Havana, an official at the Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs, during a Wednesday press briefing.
他说，雅加达已部署了超过6.9万名消防人员，高于9月中旬的约4.4万人，并正在测试使用特殊化学品更有效地灭火的新方法。
He said Jakarta has deployed more than 69,000 firefighting personnel, up from around 44,000 in mid-September, and it was also testing new methods to put out fires more effectively using special chemicals.
灾害管理局发言人伯顿·帕尼泰坦表示，当局一直在与泥炭地火灾作斗争，这种火灾在地下缓慢阴燃，随时可能复燃。他说：“我们必须承认，解决这一问题的唯一途径是持续降雨。”
Authorities have been struggling with peatland fires, which smoulder slowly beneath the surface and can re-emerge anytime, said disaster mitigation agency spokesperson Berton Panjaitan. "We must recognise that the only way to resolve this is through sustained rainfall," he said.
随着东南亚各国外交部长准备在下个月的东盟会议上讨论跨境烟霾问题，该地区对印尼的批评声持续高涨。
As Southeast Asian foreign ministers prepare to discuss the issue of transboundary haze at an ASEAN meeting next month, criticism of Indonesia has continued to mount across the region.
周二，马来西亚国会议员赛义德·萨迪克·赛义德·阿卜杜勒·拉赫曼呼吁东南亚国家向雅加达提出外交抗议，指责其未能采取足够措施控制火灾。
On Tuesday, Malaysian lawmaker Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman called on Southeast Asian nations to lodge a diplomatic protest against Jakarta for failing to do enough to control the fires.
他在国会表示：“我们必须发出强烈的外交照会，表明马来西亚反对，而且不仅是马来西亚反对，这必须得到受类似影响的其他东盟国家（如新加坡）的赞同。我们必须发出非常明确的外交抗议。”
"We must send a strong diplomatic note that Malaysia objects, and that not only Malaysia objects, it must be agreed upon by other ASEAN countries that are similarly affected, such as Singapore. We must send a very clear diplomatic protest," he told parliament.
他说：“你们需要将他们视作该地区的局外人，”并补充说马来西亚和新加坡的银行应切断对与烧荒相关公司的融资。
"You need to treat them like an outcast in the region," he said, adding that Malaysian and Singaporean banks should cut off financing to companies linked to land burning.