This document provides a summary of key terms, people and places in the news from Beacon Current Affairs Term 1 Week 9. It discusses several news stories, including a caregiver's grant that provides training to help take care of loved ones, unusual safety advice from PUB about recreational activities in reservoirs, how the Singapore government budget is prepared and what it covers, and the challenges faced by the founder of a catering business that employs people with disabilities. The document encourages sharing experiences caring for others and knowledge about Singapore's reservoirs. It looks forward to responses on the current affairs blog.

1. Beacon Current Affairs
2015
Term 1 Week 9

2. Who am I?

3. Names in the news Places in the news
Tharman Shamugaratnam (pg8)
Lim Sin Sin (pg20)
Econ Careskill Training Centre (pg2)
Laksania outlets (pg20)
Words in the News
(pg2)
grant
Alzheimer’s
disease
dementia
(Pg3)
enthusiast
wary
suspended
reservoir
(Pg6-9)
expenditure
estimated
economic
development
(pg20)
founder
financial
catering
variety

4. Learn to care for loved ones
(pg2)
A caregiver’s grant was set up
8 years ago to help people
take care of their loved ones
People applying for the grant
get a $200 subsidy to take up
a training course every year
You can learn skills like basic
feeding and bathing, and fall
prevention
When was the last time you
helped to take care of
someone, and how? Do share!

5. Unusual advice from PUB (pg3)
Water-sport enthusiasts at Bedok
Reservoir have been warned to be
wary of being bitten by fish and
turtles
Water activities there have been
suspended since 17 December
Do not release animals into the
reservoirs
Be careful when visiting
Do you know how many reservoirs
there are in Singapore and where
they are located?
Hint: visit pub.gov.sg

6. Breaking down the budget
(pg 6-7)
Every year, the government
prepares the Singapore
Budget, which runs from
April 1 to March 31
It shows how the
government plans to use its
funds for the year
Read on to find out how the
budget is approved

7. The Budget and what it means
to you (pg 8-9)
The budget has a little something for everyone
You will not have to pay money to take your
national examinations (from PSLE to A-levels)
An extra $150 in your edusave accounts
Needy pupils will also get transport subsidies
How else will the budget impact you and your
family?

8. Food for thought (pg20)
Ms Lim Sin Sin is the
founder of Laksania
It is a food business which
fires people with mental or
physical disabilities
First started a a tiny kitchen
in Institute of Mental
Health (IMH) in 2008
Read on to find out about
the challenges she faced,
and how she overcame them

9. “Look forward to hearing from all of you on the
current affairs blog”
–Mr Ng