NEA sets up gas monitoring system at Yishun

Channel NewsAsia 1 Feb 11;

SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) is setting up a gas monitoring system in Yishun to monitor the air quality.

The system, which measures the presence of volatile organic compounds, will be ready by the end of February 2011.

The NEA's move follows complaints by residents in Yishun and Canberra of a smell in their neighbourhood between 2.30pm to 5pm on January 30.

NEA said it investigated the smell but found no toxic gases present.

It said the source of the smell was likely to be from outside Singapore. NEA said it had alerted its Malaysian counterparts.

- AFP/de