KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — The National Sports Institute (ISN) has advised sports enthusiasts and athletes to take some preventive measures when doing activities outdoors to reduce complications due to the current hot spell.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 — Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has advised consumers to be prudent in using electricity during this hot weather.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — The Health Ministry has detected five cases of heat-related illness thus far, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan.

PUTRAJAYA, April 28 — Learning institutions under the Ministry of Education (MOE) have been instructed to take preventive measures to deal with the hot weather and hazy condition, including suspending all activities outside the classroom if the weather is too hot.

PUTRAJAYA, April 19 — The public is advised to use face masks, umbrellas and hats to avoid direct exposure to the hot weather and haze currently affecting the country, said Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

BANGKOK, April 11 — Thailand’s scorching hot weather is expected to continue this week as the temperature could touch 42 degrees Celsius in the central and northern provinces this week.

BEIJING, July 13 — Several Chinese cities broke new records for high temperatures on Tuesday as scorching heat and contrasting relentless rains wreaked havoc, with local forecasters expecting the weather extremes to linger for days.

SHAH ALAM, July 31 — The public has been urged to immediately report fire incidents and not to engage in open burning activities in view due of the hot and dry weather the country is currently facing, said Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) assistant director (Operations) Hafisham Mohd Noor.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 — The Department of Environment (DOE) will step up activities to prevent open burning and enforcement action against factories and motor vehicles to combat air pollution during the current hot and dry spell.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Water purifiers with heating and cooling technology have been identified as one of the causes of higher electricity bills, said Selangor TNB retail chief, Ismail Lathifi Teh.

SHAH ALAM, Feb 26 — A total of 994 cases of open burning involving an area of 8,140 hectares was recorded by the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (JBPM) of Selangor from January until yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — As the hot spell is expected to continue until next month, this will result in an increase in electricity consumption.