Chong Boon Secondary School
2 Ang Mo Kio
Street 44
Singapore 569250

1st August 2009

Mr Lee Hock Thiam
The director
Urban Re-development Authority
Jurong West
Singapore 359625

Dear Mr Lee

PROPOSAL OF DEVELOPING PULAU UBIN

I, as the president of green plan 2012 club, would like to propose a development of Pulau Ubin. The plan is to help serve the residents better and bring more tourists to the island.

Firstly,74,Headman of the island, Mr Mohhamad Ismail Bin Adam, think that it is inconvenientfor his grandchildren to take bumboat to the mainland and had suggested to have a new clinic and a school for the locals there.
45, former owner of a kiosk for bicycle rental, Madam Chan Ah Mui, thinks that a good bus service, roads and infrastructure will make the place around there more accessible. She also suggested to have cycling tracks and nuture trails. It would make it more convenient for the locals there.
20, polytechnic student, Mr Chandran Mohan, consider of transforming Pulau Ubin into a 21st century new town bu building shopping facilities. We could all enjoy and relaxe the nature at our doorstep and the best of both worlds.
32, housewife and part time hawker assistant, Mrs Tan Li Lin, hopes to have reliable water supply as lots of campers and day trippers at Ubin. She hopes to start a coffee stall to serve others.
lastly, 16, O level student, Mekvin Koh, thinks that develpment will destroy the natural beauty if the island and hope to preserve Chek Jawa, the pride of Ubin as a nature reserce.
Consider the views of residents for the development.Hope to see your reply soon. Thank you

Your faithfully
Grace Thian
president
Green Plan 2012 club

19 july 2009

Massive tsunami in the Indian Ocean

The massive tsunami in the Indian Ocean has been described as one of the worst natural disasters. 187,000, with nearly 43,000 missing and many hundreds of thousands injured and suffering trauma and the grief of losing family members, their homes and their livelihoods.
Roads, bridges, water, electricity supplies, health centres and schools were totally destroyed.The landscape was unrecognisably.Some areas lifted high out of the water while others were washed entirely away. Debris and waste were scattered widely and salt inundated farmland and underground water supplies.
The reconstruction will take many years, but there are hopeful signs with the long-term commitment made by the Australian Government and other donors to Indonesia. Steps are now being taken to establish a tsunami warning system, overcoming the previous reluctance because of the expense and low frequency of tsunamis in the Indian Ocean.

Reported by:
Grace Thian

Terrorism

After reading the article on Mas selamat, i ask myself, why do people want to hijack planes? Bomb places? I think they are sick. They should be sent to mental hospital not jail. I wonder if their actioin is to only see human dying?
I could say that i am afraid of terrorism. I dont want to lost my life because of them, it is not worth it. Although Mas Selamat was arrested six weeks ago but who knows that he might escape from jail again. He is being found in johor. Why Singapore would let a terrorist to escape into other country? I think that Singapore would have more secure on this matter. Singapore is over all a safe country.

Chek Jawa.

14 july 2009

ChongBoon Secondary school
2 Ang Mo Kio street 44
Singapore 569250

Dear school,

Tour to Chek Jawa

We organise a guilded tour to Chek Jawa. Chek Jawa is a popular nature enclave in Pulau Ubin. Chek Jawa are fill with flora and fauna. This trip will teach you more about the nature.
Carpet anemones, sea star and sea sponges are some of the marine animals and plants that can be found there. There will be guild to tell you more about Chek Jawa and will bring you around Chek Jawa to see the beautiful surrounding.
There will be visitors centre, viewing tower and boardwalk to you to visit. For more information, please check out the Chek Jawa website or look out for me. If you are interested in this tour, please gather at the foyer 2pm on 21July. This will be an exciting and interesting tour. Hope you enjoy.

your faithfully
Grace
President
Green Club

Summary

According to legend, an Ethiopian goat herder discovered coffee. Coffee was a simple food and beverage for African tribesmen. Coffee becomes world wide popular drinks, sold in large quantities worldwide. All coffee exporting countries depend on coffee as the main income and depend on it for their living. In 1975, a frost killed almost half of Brazil’s coffee trees which changed the prices drastically. In 1979, frost hit Brazil again. Every tree lost result in no income for three to five years. The income loss is huge considering 15 million trees were lost and had to stop the export of coffee. Importers bought in bulk afraid of the shortage, prices increased and farmers planted more. Coffee was in abundant and the prices fell. Farmers began substituting coffee for other crops. Both producers and consumers decided to limit production to what the market can absorb and sell at an agreeable price.
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GROWTH CAMP

This year Growth Camp was fun.
It was from 16-18April.

I packed my things into my bag. Went to school the next morning and assemble at the hall. We were asked to put out hand phone and wallet into the plastic bag. We break-up into different groups. We have ice-breaker in class. We get to know each other and we played some games.
After that we headed to gallery to put our stuff. We had some games at the parade square and some workshop. After we had our dinner, we headed back to class. We were suppose to stay in class and waited for our turn for night walk. We walked down to the basketball court and wait.
We was group up to go for night walk. It was not as scary as i think. We had to assemble back to the hall and then sleep!

I wake up at 4.30 the next day. When to wash up and chat with friends in the canteen. After that we had our breakfast. Assemble in the parade square to prepare for going Sentosa. My team was the last to leave and some people had to stand on the bus. Reached Sentosa, then we started our amazing race. The weather was very hot and we have to walk around Sentosa. We have to go to every station and finish the task. After the amazing race, went back school. Bathed and we practice for our drama. After we had our dinner, we cleaned the canteen. We had Campfire after that, group by group had to perform there cheers, songs or drama. After Campfire end, we went to sleep.

Wake up and wash up. We had area cleaning. We had cheers competition. Then we had our prize giving. We watch video made by the EPIC. We waited for the Sec1 and sec3 to come back. They had videos too. Sec4 people went up the stage to do ChongBoon cheers. After that, we were dismiss.

Reflective summary

Through the research I have done. Human beings are the ones killing dolphins and whales. Due to hunting, pollution, climate changes and global warming. Dolphins and Whales are dying. They are going to be extinct. The cruel human being eating their meats and use their body parts to make oil. Those people are just thinking for themselves. How about the family of Dolphins and Whales. They are also living things, they have family too! Some people might think in a negative way, like how they have killed human. But human kill them as well. Why don’t you think in a positive way? They performed for human to enjoy yet we are killing them. If this is going to continue, they will extinct. We can no longer enjoy performance by them. The ocean will not be as beautiful as before. This would create a huge imbalance in the food chain. Many countries are still continuing to hunt for Whales and Dolphins. That's why we are making conservation of Dolphins and whales. We have to stop and plan to help conserve them. Protect the marine just like we protect our family. Treat them as one. We are both living things. If hunters are still going on to kill them, they should thing twice being killing. Spread this messages, let more people understands them. Let’s saves dolphins & whales!!!

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