FORM 1

My hobby

Good morning, everyone. Today, I'd like to share with you all about my hobby.
During my schooldays, I liked collecting stamps. It's not an interesting hobby, but it's an
exciting way to learn about geography, history and different cultures of countries.

If you're interested in collecting stamps, there are many steps you need to know. First,
you need to decide what kind of stamps you are going to collect. Some may collect stamps of
particular countries, one colour or different shapes you want.

Of course, you need to know where to acquire stamps. Normally, I got them by
exchanging with friends. Sometimes, I bought them from the stamp dealers.

Once you got stamps, you could sort them according to country of origin, shapes,
issue of years, animals, plants or whatever that you like to choose. By the way, you need to
mount them in a good stamp album. Get the best album you can afford.

So I would keep them for the rest of my life. Thank you.

















FORM
Haze: A Danger to Health

Good morning to the chairperson, honorable judges, respected time keeper and the audience.

Ladies and gentlemen,
It is indeed an honor to be given the chance to stand here in front of you, the audience. My
task today, is to show you Haze Is A Danger to Health

The haze is a constant phenomenon faced by Malaysia and her neighbouring
countries. The haze is basically pollution of atmosphere, which is clogged with pollutants and
other substances from forest fires.
The haze is a direct effect of forest fire in Kalimantan and other parts of Indonesia due
to slash and burn method of farming. The Indonesian authorities appear to have no power to
control farmers from practising such methods. The haze is further worsened by open burning
practised by most Malaysians. Open-field burning of rice straw by the rice planters and open
burning of dried leaves and garbage done by the public are a few examples that done by
Malaysian. Many are ignorant of the health effects of open burning.
During the haze, hospitals and clinic often report a dramatic increase in respiratory
problems, lung infections and asthma attack. The Air Pollution Index (API) usually indicates
the hazardous and dangerous levels of pollution during this period. The haze has long-term
side effects. Prolonged inhalation of polluted air will result in serious lung infection which
particularly affects the elderly.
The government must play its role to reduce the haze treat. It has to cooperate with
the Indonesian authorities to stamp out forest fires. The culprits must be brought to justice,
either through healthy fine or prison sentence. Constant vigilance would ensure the
perpetrators do not repeat their offence.
The government should also raise the public awareness of the dangers of forest fire.
Continuous campaign of the cause, solutions and steps-need-to-be-taken to reduce the haze
need to be promoted through all types of social media like television, radio, newspaper and
even via internet. The authorities should also provide assistance to farmers and introduce
more sophisticated forest clearing methods.
In Malaysia, strict laws must be imposed to penalise those who practise open burning.
On-going campaigns on the dangers of open burning should be intensified. Individuals too
have a role to play. They must participate in every campaign and stop burning. Students can
advise their parents not to practice open burning.
Every individual has to remember that we do not own the world, but instead we lent it
from our future generations. We must protect our world so that our grandchildren would have
a healthy earth to live. Thank you for listening.






FORM
Tak Nak Campaign

A very good morning to our teachers and students.
Recently, our former Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi launched an anti-
smoking campaign called Tak Nak. You can now see this short and rhyming catch phrase
Tak Nak everywhere on billboards, posters, TV ads, and sometimes I even hear it on the
radio. Though some people have criticised our government for setting aside a staggering sum
of RM100 million over 6 years for the campaign, it is nothing compared to the huge amounts
that tobacco companies spend to promote smoking.
But in this war against smoking, money definitely talks; it is necessary for the Tak
Nak Campaign to constanly remind us of the hazard of smoking because about 50 Malaysian
teenagers light up for the first time every day. In fact, some of these youth progress steadily
from this to regular use, with addiction raking hold within a few years. And this is despite the
warning on every pack of cigarettes that states unequivocally Smoking is dangerous to your
health.
What can the Tak Nak Campaign do to combat this? Their aggressive advertising
creates media awareness among the public, especially among the fashionable young crowd,
that smokers have yellowed teeth and suffer from shortness of breath and tells them that it is
not cool to smoke. It is also not responsible of them to affect non-smokers with second-hand
smoke.
Also, there is a succession of infomercials on TV and in the papers showing the
debilitating effects of tobacco addiction on the body and gruesome statistics of smoke-related
deaths. We are now familiar with the graphic pictures of damaged lungs on billboards which
should scare people into not smoking. This works, as I know some of my friends are quitting
now, or trying to reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke per week.
However, I feel any anti-smoking campaign is more effective if other people and
organisations are actively involved too. Yes, the first step has been taken by the top, but sad
to say, many of our politicians smoke themselves. Nearer to home, so do some of our parents
and teachers.
These adults have to be good role models by not smoking themselves. If they do
smoke, they should tell their children and students that they regret that they ever started, and
then take steps to quit smoking as soon as possible. They must practise what they preach.
On a more positive note, I commend the Malaysia Amateur Athletic Union for its zero-
tolerance of smoking because they know that smoking and health just do not mix. How can
our sportsmen excel if they cannot stop smoking.
Dear teachers and students, thank you for your attention. Let me end my speech by
reiterating that smoking is a bad habit, so make Tak Nak your mantra. If you have started
smoking, say Tak Nak and quit! And if you havent started smoking, say know that smoking
not only damages your health but you are also literally burning your money.






FORM 3
Friends
Good morning teachers and friends, I would like to talk about friends.
Friends are people whom we turn to when our spirits need a lift. They are always by
our side through thick and thin. They stand beside us even when our disposition is not
perfectly right and will fight for us if we are oppressed. Therefore, it is clear that friends play
a vital role in shaping who we are today. But what qualities exactly do we need to look for in
a friend?

A friend should always be caring towards you. He or she should take interest in your
problems no matter how big or petty your problem may be. A friend should be able to sit
beside you and encourage you to keep your chin up even when everyone else is against you.
A friends empathy and lovingness will also replenish your worn-out soul and will make you
realize how important a friend really is.

Apart from that, a friend should be an honest person. An honest friend will dissipate
any worries that he or she is lying towards you. A friends honesty will enable you to trust his
or shes opinion when it comes to telling you the truth about yourself. For example, an honest
friend will remand you on your declining grades and will ask you to work harder while a
dishonest friend will see it with a blind eye. Therefore, an overall improvement in yourself
will be noticeable if you have an honest friend.

Moreover, a friend should be generous both emotionally and knowledge wise. A
friend who is generous ought to be able to connect with you and provide emotional support.
He or she should also be generous when it comes to sharing knowledge. A true friend must be
ever-ready to help you when you are inept in certain subjects. A friend can easily guide you
towards understanding the subject matter better as he or she is often on the same page as you.
The only difference is that you cant quite grasp the content of the page per se.

Besides that, a friend must also be able to humour you. Humour plays a quintessential
role in making your day more lively and enjoyable. Friends who pull your leg and mess about
will indefinitely make life seem so much better. As they say, laughter is the best medicine
and a little levity on rainy days is always welcomed.

In conclusion, friends are people we spend most of our time with. Thus, we have to be
selective when it comes to choosing our friends. With that, I thank you.






Form
How to Protect the Environment


Good morning teachers and friends, I would like to talk about How to Protect the
Environment


First of all, each one of us can start by not littering. We should throw our rubbish into
the rubbish bin instead of anywhere we like. Once I went strolling at a park nearby my house
but was dissapointed at the sight of rubbish.I saw many empty cans and plastic wrappers
lying around.They do not only spoil the beautiful park but they are the best breeding place for
aedes mosquitoes.


Another way of protecting our environment is by keeping our rivers clean. We can
play our role by not throwing rubbish into the rivers. Meanwhile the factories can stop
dumping their toxic waste into them. Plastic wrappers which made up 80 percent of the
rubbish can endanger the fish and other aquatic lives while toxic waste can kill them. We,
human will consequently suffer as we rely on the rivers for food and water.


Moreover, farmers should avoid open burning in their farming practice because it
polutes the air.Open burning can lead to haze which contains poisonous gases such as carbon
dioxide and sulphur dioxide. These gases can cause many serious diseases. Children who
breathe the polluted air may suffer from asthma and some people may even suffer from
rashes and eye-diseases.


Finally, we can practice the 3R; Reuse, Reduce and Recycle. Every household should
aim at reducing the amount of rubbish thrown.To achieve this aim ,each member of the
household can refuse plastic carriers when he goes shopping.He can bring a recyclable carrier
or a special shopping bag.The household members can even reuse some items like glass jar as
a vase and cans as coin box or as a pen holder.Old newspapers can also be recycled into new
papers or reused in paper crafting. If "Reuse,Reduce and Recycle" are put into practice ,the
amount of rubbish thrown and the amount of energy used to produce some of the recyclabe
items can indeed be reduced.


Clearly, each one of us can contribute towards the conservation of our environment
and our efforts should be continuous.Protecting our environment means ensuring the
existence of our future generation. With that, I thank you.