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Who am I?

Names in the News Places in the News

Nikola Tesla (pg15)Fort Canning (pg7)

Serbia (pg15)United States (pg15)

Words in the News

(Pg3)Initiative

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(Pg7)expansivecolonised

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(Pg20)recyclereliant

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• “Chope food for the needy” movement

• People give cash to hawkers

• Hawkers use money to buy food for needy people

Paying it forward with food (pg3)

Sir Stamford Raffles built his residence there in 1822

Converted to military store in 1859

Decision to surrender Singapore to Japanese during WW2 was made here

What else can you find out about its rich history?

Filled with history (pg7)

• Nikla Tesla once worked with Thomas Edison to discover electricity

• Read on to find out more about his discoveries and contributions to the field of electricity.

Electrical breakthrough (pg15)

• Newater introduced in 2002 to help meet our water needs

• Though recycled, actually cleaner than tap water

• Read on to learn more about the purification process

Making used water fresh again (pg20)

This week in History…Apollo 13 returned to erath

Go back to where it all began…