News Item Text: Singapore To Develop Marine Tourism in Riau Islands of Indonesia

News Item Text
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
asministration on Tuesday to show the country's commitment in developing the marine tourism sector.
1. Singapore is interested in making investment in ....
A. Tourism in the three islands in Riau
B. Tourism in the sea around the three islands in Riau
C. Building marine infrastructure in the three islands in Riau
D. Building tourism infrastructure in the three islands in Riau
E. Developing tourism industry in the three islands in Riau
2. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
A. Singapore shows its commitment in developing the marine tourism sector in the three islands in
Riau
B. Singapore ambassador visited the three islands in Riau
C. Singapore needs to invest in the three islands in Riau
D. Anil Kumar Nayar is the Singapore ambassador in Indonesia
D. Tourism is the best sector to invest your money in Riau
3. What is the generic structure of the text above?
A. Orientation-Backgroud Event-Source
B. Newsworthy Event-Backgroud Event-Source
C. Background Event-Elaboration-Source
D. Main Event-Newsworthy Event-Source

E. Main Event-Source-Backgroud Event
A survey has found about 13 percent of first-time smokers in the country are junior high school
students. It also revealed 89 percent of young female employees were smokers.
The survey was conducted in five major cities across the country, including Surakarta in Central
Java.
Muhammad Syahril Mansyur, the Surakarta Health Agency’s respiratory illness division, said that
the finding of the survey showed an alarming growth rate of Indonesian smokers. "This situation is a
cause for concern,” he said. “It appears the country’s younger generation is uneducated about the health
risks of smoking.”
The Indonesian anti-tobacco campaign has reportedly been deemed as ineffective as the
government refuses to sign the international convention on tobacco control. It said that cigarette
producers contributed to a large amount to state revenue and gave jobs to thousands of workers.
1. The text mainly tells you about ….
A. The increase of Indonesian smokers
B. The health risks of smoking
C. Large amount of cigarettes
D. Young female smokers
E. The danger of smoking
2. Why does the growth of Indonesian smokers have to be concerned?
A. It decreases the selling of cigarette
B. It cannot make people work at cigarette factory
C. There are increasing younger smokers in Indonesia
D. It cannot make the large amount of cigarettes be distributed
E. It is likely that younger generation is uneducated to the risks of smoking
3. One of the advantages of cigarette industry is ....
A. To cause people addictive
B. To contribute a little amount to state revenue
C. To make sellers rich

D. To give a great job chance
E. To give jobs for certain people
Indonesia has embarked on the task of counting its islands in order to better protect its territory
and marine resources. It hopes to locate and name an additional 1,700 islands in time for the UN
Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names in August. Indonesia wants to claim
sovereignty and fishing rights in the waters surrounding the islands, many of which its neighbors also
claim.
The Indonesian government says illegal fishing in its waters is costing billions of dollars in lost
revenue each year. A fisheries spokeswoman told the BBC: "Sixty per cent of islands in Indonesia don't
have a name or officially have legal status, so they can easily be taken or claimed by another country."
Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago. At the last UN conference on geographical names in
2012, Indonesia registered 13,466 islands. A law in 1996 estimated that the number of islands was
17,508. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea defines an island as, "a naturally formed area of land,
surrounded by water, which is still exposed at high tide".
A spokesman from Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries explained the scale of the
task the counting team had. He said: "We have to visit every one of these islands, and then we note the
coordinates, the name, the meaning of the name, the history of the land and describe the landscape and
its geographical history…all that in great detail."
1. What kind of rights does Indonesia want to claim?
A. Water rights
B. Legal rights
C. Fishing rights
D. Lost rights
E. Mountain rights
2. Why does the growth of Indonesian smokers have to be concerned?
A. 1,000
B. 11,000
C. 17,000
D. 7,100
E. 1,700
3. When must an island be exposed for it to officially be an island?
A. At noon
B. At midnight
C. At low tide
D. At high tide
E. At night
4. "Indonesia has embarked on the task of counting ...." (paragraph 1) synonym of the underlined
word is ....
A. Stayed
B. Launched
C. Stopped
D. Moved
E. Convened

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Singapore to Develop Marine Tourism in Riau Islands of Indonesia

1. Singapore is interested in making investment in ....

A. Tourism in the three islands in Riau

B. Tourism in the sea around the three islands in Riau

C. Building marine infrastructure in the three islands in Riau

D. Building tourism infrastructure in the three islands in Riau

E. Developing tourism industry in the three islands in Riau

2. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

B. Singapore ambassador visited the three islands in Riau

C. Singapore needs to invest in the three islands in Riau

D. Anil Kumar Nayar is the Singapore ambassador in Indonesia

D. Tourism is the best sector to invest your money in Riau

3. What is the generic structure of the text above?

B. Newsworthy Event-Backgroud Event-Source

D. Main Event-Newsworthy Event-Source

1. The text mainly tells you about ….

A. The increase of Indonesian smokers

B. The health risks of smoking

C. Large amount of cigarettes

D. Young female smokers

E. The danger of smoking

2. Why does the growth of Indonesian smokers have to be concerned?

A. It decreases the selling of cigarette

B. It cannot make people work at cigarette factory

C. There are increasing younger smokers in Indonesia

D. It cannot make the large amount of cigarettes be distributed

E. It is likely that younger generation is uneducated to the risks of smoking

3. One of the advantages of cigarette industry is ....

A. To cause people addictive

B. To contribute a little amount to state revenue

C. To make sellers rich

E. To give jobs for certain people

1. What kind of rights does Indonesia want to claim?

2. Why does the growth of Indonesian smokers have to be concerned?

3. When must an island be exposed for it to officially be an island?

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