Watch 5 news clips (eg: from either Channel 5 News, CNA
News, BBC News) and do a summary of what you have seen / learnt.
The first news clip that I watched from
channelnewsasia.com is ‘Residents
complain of rat problem at Golden Mile Complex’. Residents of Golden Mile
Complex have complained of rat problems on their premises, days after a similar
incident was reported at AMK Hub. A resident interviewed by Channel NewsAsia said he has
caught two rats in his home in a week. The
resident, Mr Wong, said that he usually spots the rats around 5am or 6am.
Golden Mile Complex's management had earlier
sent out a circular to its residents saying that the rat problem could be due
to unhygienic food preparation or disposal of food waste by shop operators or
occupiers on the building's lower floors.
The second news clip that I
watched is ’13 students wrongly issued eligibility forms remain uncontactable’.
Of the 95 Normal (Academic) students wrongly issued eligibility forms for the
inaugural Polytechnic Foundation Programme (PFP), 13 remained unreachable by
phone as of Thursday, but emails and hardcopy letters to all affected students
have been sent. The system had double-counted
grades for subjects that the affected students had sat for at both the actual
N-Levels and the school-based preliminary examinations, although each subject
should only be counted once and only the better of the two grades should have
been used. As a result, the aggregate scores on some students'
PFP forms were reflected as better than their actual aggregate scores. It also noted that the examination results themselves
were correct and only the computed aggregate scores used to determine the
eligibility was wrong in some cases. The
PFP is a one-year programme that prepares eligible N(A) students for entry into
the relevant Polytechnic Diploma course. N-level graduates under the PFP will
not sit for the O-Levels. The programme admits the top 10 per cent of each
year's N(A) cohort.
The third news clip that I watched was
‘Youth Vision for Singapore’. Being stress-free", having less competition
and evolving as a gracious society, these were the themes of a dialogue session
between polytechnic students and Mr. Lawrence Wong. 150 teenagers from Singapore's four
polytechnics shared their vision for the future with Mr Wong on Thursday
afternoon. Participants said they
wanted a less competitive Singapore in 20 years' time, complete with a more
gracious and open-minded society. Mr Wong however reminded
them to be mindful of the consequences to their choices, pointing out the need
to consider the broader environment. Some participants also suggested a
four-day work week to encourage greater work-life balance. Mr. Wong admitted that the idea was enticing, but said
businesses would suffer. Students echoed
their displeasure at the disparities between polytechnic and junior college
students in terms of transport fares and admission rates for courses as well as
for local universities. Mr Wong responded
by saying that the government is reviewing transport subsidies and urged the
students to wait for the review to be completed before taking the issue
further.
The fourth news clip that I watched was
‘Singaporeans are least positive’. A poll said
Singaporeans are the least positive, after the same poll found Singaporeans to
be the world's most emotionless people. Last year, international pollster Gallup measured positive emotions of
1000 people in 148 countries and areas using five questions. They asked people questions such as
whether they experienced a lot of enjoyment the day before the survey, whether
they felt respected, well-rested, laughed and smiled a lot, and did or learned
something interesting. The poll found
Singaporeans to be less positive than those in Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan.
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