1993’S SENSATIONAL NEWS

• Atiq• Siew• Luka• Maria• Hajar• Lina

What is news?• A conglomeration of facts and events that is

meaningful to an individual or a group of people.

• Covered by journalists and published in media.

• A source of information for the public to know the

truth of important events that is happening around

the world.

Among the important events

that happen in 1993 are:

• The collapsed of Highland Tower (Malaysia)

• Bill Clinton becoming the new President of

America (US)

• Waco Tragedy (US)

• The bombing of the World Trade Centre (US)

• The great flood (US)

The collapsed of Highland Tower (Malaysia)

By: Siew

Highland Tower Tragedy

Highland Tower

• Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor

• Was constructed sometime between 1975 and 1978

• Consisted of three blocks 12 storey high apartments:

Block 1, 2 and 3

• Behind the 3 blocks was a steep hill with a stream

flowing west (“the East Stream”)

Highland Tower Collapsed

• Date: 1993/12/11 (Saturday)

• 48 people died

• About 1.30p.m., after 10 days of continuous

rainfall, Block 1 collapsed.

• Residents in Block 2 & 3 were being evacuated

The Main Cause of The Tragedy

• “The cause of failure was attributed to a landslide that

occurred due to pipes that burst, allowing for the barren

ground near the site to wash away.

• A pipe system was originally placed on a hill nearby the

towers to divert water from a stream that normally flowed

onto the site. Trees had also been previously cleared from

that hill for a separate housing development project, so the

soil had no protection against erosion. “

Photos of the incident

News articles

Bill Clinton becoming the new

President of America

(US)

By: Luka

Bill Clinton succeeds George H. W. Bush

20.1.1993 Bill Clinton was born on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas He was the Governor of Arkansas for five two-year terms He served from 1993 to 2001 as the 42nd President of the United

States Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic

expansion in American history Signed into many laws regardin economy,healthcare,crime control The administration took office less than two years after the fall of

the Soviet Union

Bill Clinton succeeds George H. W. Bush

20.1.1993 His aministration's foreign policy addressed many conflicts

worldwide

He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to

win two full terms and third-youngest president,inagurated at age of

46

Throughout 1998 there was a controversy over Clinton's relationship

with a young White House intern, Monica Lewinsky

His last day in office was on January 20, 2001.

Images of Bill Clinton

Article and magazine about Bill Clinton

becoming President of United States

The Waco Tragedy Waco

TragedyBy: Maria

What is the "Waco Tragedy" ?

• The Branch Davidians' compound was sieged by the American Federal and Texas state law enforcement and military in the year 1993.

• The 51 days siege took place from February 28 till April 19.

• Unfortunately, the siege ended in a brutal manner, in which at least 70 people were reported dead after the compound was caught in fire.

Who are the Branch Davidians & why the

siege??

• They are the breakaway group from the Seventh Day

Adventist Church.

• Was led by a leader named David Koresh and they lived

at Mount Carmel Center near Waco, Texas.

• They were highly suspected of weapons violations.

• Hence, a search warrant was obtained by the U.S. federal

agency Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)

Images of David Koresh the leader

News articles

The bombing of the World Trade CentreBy: Hajar

1993: World Trade Centre Bomb Terrorises

New YorkNew York

A suspected car bomb has exploded underneath

the World Trade Center in New York killing at 6 people

and injuring more than 1000.

Most of those who died are believed to have been

crushed by the station ceiling.

"It felt like an airplane hit the building," said Bruce

Pomper, a 34-year-old broker.

Speculations

• Media– Planned by terrorists– Symbolism (Western Values @ financial)

Argument:– Planned by themselves

Effect of the Bomb

Photos of the incident

Article

The Great Flood

By: Lina

The Great Flood

• Massive floods in Kansas, Missouri, and pretty much the entire

central US along the Missouri & Mississippi Rivers.

– North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa,

Missouri, Wisconsin, and Illinois

• The flood affected 20 million acres (80,000 square kilometres).

• Affected the upper and middle Mississippi Valley from late June to

mid-August 1993.

• Deemed one of those "100 year floods", which are the most

destructive.

Effects• Damages totalled $15-20 billion.

– Approximately 50,000 homes were damaged

– 12,000 square miles of productive farmland were destroyed

• 95,000 refugees in need of public aid.

• 50 people died.

• Thousand of levees failed.

• Thousands of people were evacuated.

The photos of the incident

The articles of the great flood

Conclusion and reflections

• News is an important element in life to stay connected

to the world.

• Journalists play an important roles to mould opinion in

people and help them finding resolutions on an issue.

• The year 1993 sees a lot of remarkable stories and

tragedies in the history of human. We need to take

lessons from the occurrences in order to improve in

the future.

Thank You