Why is it important for students to keep up to date with the news?

Keeping up to date with the news is very important as it allows us to know what is currently going on in the vast world. It would be extremely embarrassing when you are chatting with a group of people about current affairs and it turned out that you have either gotten all your facts wrong or you simply do not know a single thing that they have been busy chatting all along. Therefore, I would strongly advise those who seldom read the newspaper or watch the news to start now as it is never too late to start learning as long as you have the determination to.

Today, I will be emphasising about the benefit that keeping up to date with the news can bring to you and also share some tips on how students can keep up with what is happening around them. Firstly, I would like to point out that by reading the newspaper, not only do you get to improve your general knowledge, you might also be improving your English (reading skills and vocabularies) at the same time. Don't you find this awesome as you are able to save time by "killing two birds with one stone"?

Here are some tips on keeping up with the news:

1. You can buy The Straits Times or 联合早报 newspapers from any nearby provision shop near your house.

2. You can also tune in to different timing news on television.
(If you want to watch full time news, Channel Newsasia would be best)

3. Search the web or listen to your radio broadcasts.

Last but not least, I would like to say that if you have been keeping up with the news all this while, make sure you continue the good work and do not stop. However if you have not, what are you still waiting for?