Kuala Lampur, Sept. 20 -- The recurring haze season afflicting neighbours Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore will unlikely to abate if the countries rely solely on the Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (AATHP), several experts have noted.

The observers pointed to the limited effectiveness of the agreement, and predicted that the haze will remain as an annual affair if governments fail to tackle issues such as corruption and conflicts of interest.

"The AATHP is nothing more than a comfort document as it had manifestly failed miserably to prevent the persistence recurrence of transboundary haze," Singapore Institute of International Affairs senior fellow Oh Ei Sun told Malay Mail.

"As long as slashing and burning is the most...