SINGAPORE : a supervisor was jailed PHILIPPINES: At least nine people were
for two months for repeatedly striking his
Indonesian maid on the head and back with
television remote. Muhammad Shafiq Woon
Abdullah was brought to court in Singapore
because he had physically hurt the woman in
several occasions between June and October
2002, the Straits Time said.
The magistrate’s court heard that Shafiq,
31 began striking Winarti22, about a month after
she started working for him. He hit her on the
head with the TV-sets remote control because he
was unhappy with her work. On one occasion, he
punched her in the back after accusing her of
daydreaming. S.S Dhilon Shafiq’s lawyer said
that his client had become mad when he saw his
daughter’s face covered as she was lying in
bed. He said his client thought the maid had the
child in danger.
(Ujian Nasional 2007/2008 Kode P45)
YONKERS, Nov 12th. A four alarm fire
damage 14 stores today in the Cross county
Shopping Center, the largest shopping center
in Westchester Country.
Two fire investigators said the blaze
apparently started in a pile of cardboard at the
rear of shoe store and spread though a utility
duct above the 13 other stores. The fire started
at 4.40 pm. and was declared under control at
6.14 p.m. the center is on the Cross Country
Parkway at the Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
Thruway. Five fore-fighter were busy at the
scene. Lieut. John Carey of the Yonkers
Arson Squad sais the cause of the fire was
under investigation.
(Ujian Nasional Tahun 2010/2011 Kode P70)
killed and dozens were injured when the
Philippines security forces clashed with dozen
of slum dwellers who resisted the tearing
down of their homes in the northern province,
a police commander said Tuesday.
Raul Gonzales, the police chief in the
northern Cordillera area, said, that the soldiers
and police officers traded gunfire with dozens
of people who are illegally occupying the
private land in Kalinga province.
"Our team was ambushed on their way
to the community to be demolished," said
Gonzales. He added that the security only
defended themselves after the residents dug
foxholes and opened fire with automatic
rifles.
"Nine people were killed and dozens
were wounded, including 10 police officers
during almost 10 hours of fighting. We even
had to evacuate some of our officers who
needed surgery to get the bullets from their
bodies."(Reuters)
(Ujian Nasional tahun 2008/2009 Kode P12 )
Independence Day Celebrate Peacefully Nationwide
1,000 flags, one love. a young boy and girl banded
together to secure a flagpole to the ground in mt. Merapi
valley in Yogyakarta on Sunday. The pole was one of
1,000 flags erected in the valley during a flag-raising
ceremony entitled, “Seribu Bendera Satu Cinta” (a
thousands flag, one love).
In medan, North Sumatra; the residents of Aurvillage
held their flags-raising ceremony. The local governments
paid attention to Usmarlin, a participant who said that the
condition of the river had become a matter of great
concern because of pollution from both factories and
domestic waste.
Meanwhile, 2,343 prisoners in South Sulawesi
received sentence reductions due to the independence day
celebration, 92 of whom were released from prisoners.
The Jakarta Post, August 18 2014
 Phil Young
BUILDER: Phil Young is celebrating a
very special anniversary today – it is exactly one
year since he was operated on at St
Bartholomew’s hospital and given a new heart.
Mr. Young, 47, of Tottenham, is now so
full of energy that he is training to play in a charity
football match to raise money for the hospital’s
transplant program. So far eleven people have
been given new hearts.
Mr. Young wants to help others like
himself. In 1990 he was seriously ill with heart
disease. He couldn’t work, he couldn’t climb the
stairs, and he had two young sons to look after.
Now the boys are helping to train their
father for the ball match. “My boss is very pleased
that I am so fit again,” said Mr. Young. “I have
become a real father to them again. We don’t just
play football – we go jogging and swimming and
play snooker together. I hope more people will
help by the hospital, as I was.
(Prediksi UNBK 2019 www.scrib.com )

NORWAY : The world’s oceans are greater threat than

previously believed from a “deadly trio” of global warming,
declining oxygen levels and acidification, an international
study said on Thursday.
The oceans have continued to warm, pushing many
commercial fish stocks towards the poles and raising the risk
of the extinction for some marine species, sedpite a slower
pace of temperature rises in the atmosphere this century, it
said. “Risks to the ocean and the ecosystems it supports have
been significantly underestimated. ”according to the
International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO), a
non-governmental group of leading scientists.
“The scale and rate of the present day carbon perturbation and
resulting ocean acidification, is unprecedented in Eath’s
known history,”according to the report, made with the
International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The oceans are warming because of the heat from a build-up
of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Fertilizers and sweage
that wash into the oceans can cause blooms of algae that reduce
oxygen levels in the waters. And carbon dioxide in the air can
form a weak acid when it reacts with sea water.
(Ujian Nasional Tahun Pelajaran 2014/2015)

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta | Sun, September 10,2017
A student of the University of Indonesia (UI),
Catherine, was among the five winners of the 4th annual
ASEAN Intergovermmental Commission on Human Right
(AICHR) Youth Debate, held in Bangkok, Thailand, on
Sept.4 to 6
The event, supported by the US Agency for
International Development (USAID) and the US Department
of State, was held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of
US-ASEAN relations.
According to a press release, the competing students
from each of the 10 ASEAN member states exchanged views
on human rights issues in the region, including women’s
rights and enviromental protection.
“Human rights is a crucial issue that needs to be
discussed more often, escpecially by the youth,”said
Catherine.
The AICHR Youth Debate was an oppotunity for me
to learn about and discuss various thoughts and prespectives
on human rights issues in ASEAN with youth from all across
the region.” (kes)
(Ujian Sekolah Berstandar Nasional tahun 2017/2018 P2)
Webcams make Alaska Bears Accessible
Mark Thiessen, Associated Press, Anchorage, Alaska Sei-
Tech
Tue, July 24 2012, 6:15
A new video initative is bringing the famed brown
bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park directly to computers
and smartphones. Without having to go there, you’ll be able
to watch bears compete for salmon at Brook Falls and other
sites and cubs tumbling over each other as they play. Starting
Tuesday, a live Web stream (http://is.gd/bfPAs8) will allow
the public to log on and see the brown bears in their natural
habitat.
“I think it’s an unparalleled opportunity for people to
get that front row seat of the lives of the bears at Brooks
Camp”, said Roy Wood, chief of the interpretation for Katmai
National Park and Preserve. The project is a partnership with
explore.org, which set up four high definition cameras in
Katmai, spokesman Jason Damata told The Associated Press.
Three of them are at existing viewing stands where bear fans
come to watch the animals.
The cameras provide access to a national park that is
difficult to reach and expensive for most tourist. It is about
275 miles southwest of Anchorage, but no roads lead to
Katmai. A trip there involves multiple airplanes and a lot of
advanced planning : it’s hard to get a lodge reservation at
Brooks Camp before 2014. Camping is allowed, but on a
reservation system that goes online Jan 5.
“It takes a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of money,
and the webcams will make it accessible to anyone with
access to a computer, a smartphone, a tablet device,”Wood
said.
(Ujian Nasional Tahun Pelajaran 2015/2016)
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta | Web, February 19,2017
Teams of students from Surya University in
Tangerang, Banten, and Indonesia Computer
Univesity (Unikom) in Bandung, West Java, have
reportedly won the Asiagraph Reallusion Award
2017 (ARA) in Taiwan.
ARA is an annual animation film live
contest, which requires participants to develop
realtime 3D animation within 48 hours. Students
from Asia Pacific countries, including Japan,Korea,
Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Thailand and Australia,
reportedly joined the event as well.
In the final round held on Aug. 23-25, Surya
Univesity came up as the Best Film winner through
US$10.000 prize. Meanwhile, Unikom received an
Outstanding Work award. According to
kompas.com, prior to the final round the participants
joined a ocal round competition held in
Tarumanegara University on May 8-10.
Sony Adi Purmono, a member of Surya
Univesity’s supervising team, expressed his hopes
that the achievement would help improve local
creative industry resources, particularly film and
animation. He also said the achievement proves that
Indonesian students’ skills can compete with other
countries. (jes/ kes)
(Ujian Sekolah Berstandar Nasional tahun
2017/2018 P1)
Singapore to Develop Marine Tourism in
Riau Islands of Indonesia
Singapore has expressed its interest
in developing marine tourism in Natuna,
Anambas and Lingga , three beautiful yet
hidden regencies in the Riau Islands
province of Indonesia.
According to Riau Islands Deputy
Governor, Soeryo Respationo, the three
areas have their own beauty but lack of
adequate infrastructure to boost tourism.
Singapore’s investment in the
tourism sector would perfectly match with
the islands’ need, he said recently. Soeryo
said that Singapore Ambassador Anil
Kumar Nayar visited the Riau islands
administration on Tuesday to show the
country’s commitment in developing the
marine tourism sector.
(Ujian Nasional Tahun Pelajaran
2015/2016 )