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Beacon Current Affairs 2014

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Names in the news Places in the news

Derrick Tan (13) Bukit Timah Hill (pg2)/ !Taiwan / Hubei (pg12)

Words in the News

(pg2)!renovation!

tarmac road!walking trail!

(not trial)

(Pg3)!emulate!

subsidises!modified!

participation rates

(Pg4)!diabolical!unsecured!repossesses!mastermind

(pg13)!rioting!

veterinarian!dedication!menial jobs

Makeover for nature reserve (pg2)❖ Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is

now closed for a 2-year renovation!❖ This makeover is needed to firm

up the soil, plant more trees and install more toilets!

❖ To be done in stages so as not to disturb the ecological balance and drive animals out!

❖ There are still many other trails you can visit!

❖ You can visit www.nparks.gov.sg to look up more of these places

More chances to learn tennis (pg3)

❖ This is the SC Global’s Tennis for Every Child Programme!

❖ This 5-year, $500,000 scheme aims to increase participation rates in tennis among Primary One and Two pupils!

❖ Money will be given to some schools to help run Tennis as a CCA, and include Tennis in the PE lessons!

❖ Go to www.tennisforeverychild.com to see which schools have signed up

When the big, bad wolf got wi-fi (pg4)!

❖ Have you heard of “Three Little Pigs”?!❖ Here, the wolf sets up an unsecured Wi-

Fi network in a cafe (unsecured here means the network has no password, and so anyone can use it)!

❖ When one of the pigs uses the Wifi network, the wolf steals his credit card details and spends a lot of money!

❖ The pig eventually loses his home!❖ Important to protect yourself online!❖ Is your home internet router protected

with a password?

News from the region…(pg12)

❖ Taiwanese company accused of selling contaminated oil products!

❖ More flights in Asia could mean “traffic jams in the sky”!

❖ China will be diverting 9.5 billion cubic metres of water a year from Hubei to dry Northern provinces

Turning his life around (pg13)❖ Derrick Tan failed his exams, joined

gangs, sniffed glue, took drugs and was arrested for rioting when he was younger!

❖ He stopped his gang activities when he saw how much he was hurting his parents!

❖ Today, he is the operations manager at Sunny Heights, a day-care centre with a swimming pool for animals!

❖ Read on to find out how he turned his life around and became successful

-Mr Ng

Look forward to hearing from all of you on the Current Affairs Blog, and welcome back from the

September holidays :)