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Beacon Current Affairs Term3 Week1

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Who am I

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Names in the News Places in the NewsLee Hsien Loong (pg3) Ang Mo Kio (pg3)

Van Kleef Aquarium (pg 8)Fort Canning Hill (pg 8)

Indonesia (pg 12)

Words in the News(Pg3)

abatingstockpile

constituencies

(Pg8)aquariumobsolete

demolished

(Pg17)Cash crop

Fast and furiousExhausted (used up)

plantation

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Keeping calm amid the haze Singaporeans urged to

stay calm and continue their daily routine

Not some deadly disease to be avoided at all costs

No need to panic

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Singapore’s first aquarium• Van Keef Aquarium is

located at base of Fort Canning Hill

• Built in 1955• Closed in 1991 due to

dwindling visitor numbers

• Money donated by Mr Karel van Kleef, a Dutchman

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Milking rubber trees for profit• Worldwide crash in

coffee prices• Rubber now popular

as a cash crop• Research online to

see what a rubber tree looks like

• How is rubber tapping carried out?

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Animal intelligence• Chimpanzees and

bonobos found to have the best language skills

• Dolphins can plan how to solve a problem

• Even the octopus, squid and cuttlefish can learn from their mistake

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This day in history…Hong Kong returns to China

www.history.com