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Question 1. What is illegal logging?

1)it is the transporting, purchasing, sale of some materials which are banned by the law because the item can do harm. by doing such acts it also destroys the animals habitats and disrupt the balance of nature

Question 2. What can you do to stop the Sumatran tiger from extinction?

2)by Not trespassing or destroying their habitats and stop hunting them for the sake of fun and monetary gains. governments set more laws and fines to stop them from destroying the tigers habitats.

straits times reflections 6

Question 1. What are the different forms of ketamine?

1)ketamine can be in different forms such as liquid form and solid, legally used by doctors and vets for curing purposes. Ketamine also taken by people who wants to waste their lives such as to feel numb or people call it "feel high".

Question 2. What would you do if you knew your friend took ketamine?

2) I would advise him to stop taking the drugs because it will ruin his live and i would tell him about the consequences that he will face if he is caught. if he still doesn't listen i will personally call the police to arrest him or put him in a drug rehab centre.

straits times reflections 5
Question 1. In the last line, what did the writer mean by suggesting that “he may have found more porcupines than rats?”

1)The writer meant that Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong suggested that he had found more brave people like porcupines than timid people which hide when they faces obstacles. (In the Total Defense campaign).

Question 2. What’s worth giving up your life for?

2)If I had to protect my family and close friends from trouble, it is worth giving up my life for them as I would not want to see my closed ones suffer or perish.(family is the most inportant thing it is because it is our family which brought us up and raised us up to be what we are today)

straits times reflections 4
Question 1. Why Coral Secondary School forbids students to idle around near their school in their school uniform?

1) The school wants them learn good habits like spending their time wisely. They did not want the students to loiter around to not learn bad things.

Question 2. Do you agree with this rule? Explain your answer.

2) No. i dont agree with this rule for no going to malls,because some students have to eat outside school because the schools canteen maybe closed at times.some students do not have lunch at home and needs to buy their lunch too. It is quite troublesome for them to go back home and change into their home clothes and go out again to buy lunch. This rule is not good for exercising . i would suggest only banning student form going to arcade and stuff

straits times reflections 3
Question 1. What was Jack Neo’s vocation when he was serving the nation?

1)He was a quartermaster, then promoted to a platoon commander in an infantry unit.

Question 2. “Hard work leads to success.” To what extend do you agree with this statement?

2)i dont really agree that hard work leads to sucess as low life people use under handed methods to acheive want they want and people who work hard to attain something often lose out to the low life type of people