Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Arthur Joseph Kurup told the Dewan Rakyat on Oct 22 that areas without their own stations currently rely on regional data from the nearest station. For communities outside the existing network, that distinction matters: a nearby reading gives a regional picture, rather than a measurement taken in their own neighbourhood.

TVS reported that the Department of Environment has 68 monitoring stations nationwide. That is the Malaysian total, not the number in Sarawak. The minister did not give a number, location list or installation timetable for additional Sarawak stations in the reported reply.

He also said MetMalaysia had developed MyCMAQ, an air-quality modelling platform able to forecast potential pollution and haze up to five days ahead across Malaysia and Southeast Asia.

The two tools serve different purposes: station readings describe monitored conditions, while MyCMAQ provides an advance indication of what may develop. A five-day forecast is not a guarantee that haze will occur at a particular Kuching address.