Beacon Current Affairs Term3 Week8

Who am I?

Names in the News Places in the NewsTan Chuan Jin (Acting Manpower

Minister)Bukit Batok

Sri LankaCanada

Words in the News(2)

TakeawayDisposableBeverage

polystyrene

(13)Environment

Habitat

(20)Virus

BacteriaAntibioticflourish

Campaign to cut waste (pg2) Takeaways often come in

polystyrene or plastic containers

These materials are hard to recycle

27 food outlets will be using fewer containers or choosing more eco-friendly ones.

What can you do to help cut down on waste?

Group wants strays saved (pg3)

• Residents are complaining about stray dogs near Bukit Batok St 24

• Authorities preparing to trap them to ensure public safety

• Most strays are euthanized (put to sleep / killed)

• A dog welfare group is trying to block move

Building a better home (pg12)

• Unhappy Singaporeans are encouraged to help improve the situation

• Complaining alone will not help solve the problem

• Find it in yourself to contribute and help build Singapore

Protecting the Earth (pg13)• Environmentalists study the

environment and protect it from harm• Environment comprises of

living things (like animals and plants) and habitats (like oceans, forests and air)• Environment is slowly being

destroyed• How can we do our bit for

the environment?

Bodyguards (pg20)• Antibiotics are

medicine that kill or slow down disease-causing bacteria

• However, they are useless against virus infections

• Do you know what is the difference between bacteria and and viruses?