SCGS 2025 GEOG(E) MS Prelim

SINGAPORE CHINESE GIRLS’ SCHOOL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2025 SECONDARY FOUR O-LEVEL PROGRAMME HUMANITIES 2260/02 Paper 2 Geography Thursday 21 August 2025 1 hour 45 minutes _________________________________________________________ ANSWER SCHEME 1

Cluster 1: Geography in Everyday Life (14m) 1 (a) Study Fig. 1.1 (Insert), which shows some activities planned by the Clementi Residents’ Committee to achieve social sustainability in Clementi, an urban neighbourhood in Singapore. Activities planned by the Clementi Residents’ Committee Fig. 1.1 Source: https://www.facebook.com/FOClementi/photos/a.374299680751/10161236689620752/?type=3 AO2 With reference to Fig. 1.1, explain how social sustainability can be achieved in urban neighbourhoods in Singapore. [4] Award 1 mark for each explanation of how social sustainability can be achieved, to a maximum of 3 marks. Award a maximum of 1 additional mark for further development of each explanation, where applicable. Accept any other plausible point. ● Ensure that students feel included and foster sense of belonging o by creating study corner which requires no fees during exam period [1 additional mark] ● Ensure that students have a sense of shared identity o coming together for events [1 additional mark] at places found in Clementi ● Fostered by having shared community spaces to promote regular social interactions o such as areas around the Clementi CC (community centre) and (OR) the Study Corner at RC Centre [1 additional mark] ● Facilitate regular interactions amongst the residents by having specialised activities catered to their needs such as o jogging monthly, studying 3 times a week [1 additional mark] 2

(b) Study Fig. 1.2 (Insert) which shows a mental map drawn by an ex-resident of her childhood home in Tiong Bahru, Singapore. Fig. 1.2 Source: Adapted from https://www.hilaryho.net/ AO2 Using Fig. 1.2, suggest how the ex-resident’s sense of place for her childhood home in Tiong Bahru is acquired. [4] Award 1 mark for each explanation of the reasons for the resident’s sense of place of this area, to a maximum of 3 marks. Award a maximum of 1 additional mark for further development of each explanation, where applicable. ● Repeated encounters with some places, leading to the resident creating meanings and memories of them o grandfather’s traditional Chinese medicine shop nearby where the resident spent many afternoons [1 additional