3. Names in the News Places in the News
Lee 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)
abating
stockpile
constituencies
(Pg8)
aquarium
obsolete
demolished
(Pg17)
Cash crop
Fast and furious
Exhausted (used up)
plantation
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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?
7. 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
8. This day in history…
Hong Kong returns
to China
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