Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will make his first trip to the Middle East as head of government this week, with stops in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

He will be in Doha from Oct 18 to 20, and visit Abu Dhabi and Dubai from Oct 20 to 22.

With the haze getting worse, many people in Singapore are rushing to buy N95 masks. It is good that shops are setting purchase limits and promising not to raise prices. However, long queues at free mask vending machines and empty shelves show that finding masks is still a challenge.

​Are purchase limits enough to stop hoarding? How are you dealing with the bad air and mask shortages?

Found out that Novena Square has installed water refill stations which is great. I hate paying for single-use plastics.

But also, can we take good care of public property? I once saw an uncle rinse and spit into the water cooler station at the bus interchange and decided never to refill my water bottle there again.