Beacon Current Affairs 2015

Term 3 Week 7

Who am I?

Names in the news Places in the news

Various good samaritans (pg13) Malaysia, China, India (pg 12)

Words in the News

(Pg2)chronic disease

programmeunveiledinitiative

(Pg5)survey

free-to-air channelsocial mediarespondents

(Pg12)funnelling

political problemsstaple fooddominating

(Pg13)homeless

passers-bygenerositymotivates

BUS DRIVERS GET HEALTH TIPS (pg 2)

Bus drivers face long hours - up to 10 hours a day, 6 days a week

Mature workforce - 60% of bus captains are 40 or older

They are getting free health checks and tips

Healthier food will also be served at the canteen

The young media user (pg5)

Here are the findings from MDA’s first ever survey on 1200 kids aged 0-14 on their media usage

77% have gone online

4.7 hours spent on media daily

2.7 hours spent gaming daily

About half use social media

Most start using social media from 7-10 years

Where do you fall under?

News from the region (Pg 12)

Water shortages in China

Some farmers are banned from growing wheat to conserve water

China is promoting potatoes as a staple to replace grain

Also in the news - Mr Najib Razak sacked his ministers, and India is expanding its navy

Sharing acts of generosity (pg 13)

Stories of acts of kindness have been shared online thousands of times

Marsiling students gave a homeless man clothes, money and chatted with him

Passers-by used their hands to lift a trailer with a man trapped underneath

Mr Syed and his wife helped a pregnant woman to hospital

Let’s all do more kind acts

Welcome back to school and happy National Day to all, Beacons!

–Mr Ng