Beacon Current Affairs 2015

Term 2 Week 9

Who am I?

Names in the news Places in the news

Land Transport Authority (LTA) (Pg6)National Environment Agency (NEA)

(Pg2)China / Thailand / Malaysia (pg12)

Words in the News

(Pg2)decade

exterminatingoptimisticinsecticide

(Pg6)tweaks

commuter flowmock-ups

(Pg12)entertain

leanerabuse

amusement

(Pg13)spot-on

inadvertentlywell-meaningexacerbated

Roach-infested flat gets a cleaning (pg 2)

A couple in Eunos Crescent filled their flat with tons of garbage, which has become a breeding ground for cockroaches for over a decade

They would crawl into the neighbours’ houses

Grassroots, HDB and NEA have sent representatives to help clean up the flat

Making bus rides smoother (pg 6)

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is studying on how to improve the design of their buses

Read on to find out more about how they are going about it?

What would you like to see improved in buses? Would you like music to be played? Share in the blog!

Diving pigs the rage in China (pg 12)

Businessmen in China are making pigs dive off platforms

This is to draw tourists and sell pork

They claim it makes the meat healthier, leaner and tastier

Animal lovers see it as a form of abuse

What do you think?

How should we help Nepal? (pg13)

Did you know that a second earthquake struck Nepal?

Some people are sending canned fish, which the Nepalese do not eat

Instead, they are jamming up the delivery channels, preventing other aid from getting through

When we are helping people, we also need to make sure we are helping them in the correct way.

Here’s to the end of the SA1 examinations, Beacons!

–Mr Ng