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Hihi haven't posted for many days now. CNY has come and gone and I didn't really care much for the hongbaos =_=. As a matter of fact I still dunno my hongbao money. Anyways, tomorrow is a maths test for trigonometry. Very confusing..hoping to remember all the formulas. Anyways, heard some shocking news few days back...death of Ah Meng, our orang utan Singapore mascot.


Here's my tribute to the orange-brownish mammal


Trivia
Ah Meng (18 June 1960 – 8 February 2008) (Chinese: 阿明) was a female Sumatran Orangutan and a tourism icon of Singapore. She was smuggled from Indonesia and kept illegally as a domestic pet before being recovered by a veterinarian in 1971. She was then eleven years old and was given a home at the Singapore Zoo.

Ah Meng was the head of her small clan, which lives in a large enclosure with about twenty other orangutans. She had five children and became a grandmother in 1990.

She belonged to the Sumatran Orangutan species, a rarer breed of orangutan now critically endangered due to illegal logging and poaching. There are about only 7,500Sumatran Orangutans left in the wild in the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia.


Celebrity Life
Ah Meng was the poster girl of the Singapore Zoo. Pictures of her have been used in Singapore's tourism advertisements worldwide. She has also been featured in over 30 travel films and more than 300 articles. Some of the foreign dignitaries and celebrities that visited Ah Meng included Prince Philip and Michael Jackson.

Due to her early years being raised as a domestic pet, Ah Meng was more approachable by humans as compared to other primates in her clan. Due to her interactive nature, she was the first to host the Zoo's 'Breakfast With An Orang Utan' programme. By allowing visitors to interact closely with Ah Meng and other orangutans, the Singapore Zoo aims to raise public awareness of the importance of preserving the orangutan's natural habitat as well as other environmental issues.

In 1992, the Singapore Tourism Promotion Board conferred Ah Meng a "Special Tourism Ambassador" award in recognition of her contribution towards tourism in Singapore. She was the first non-human recipient of the award. She received a certificate and a stack of bananas.

As she aged, her public appearances became less frequent for fear of subjecting her to stress.


Incidents
In August 1978, a visitor to the Zoo threw a sharp metal object at her, causing a gash on her cheek.
In March 1982, during the shooting of a promotional video at MacRitchie Reservoir, Ah Meng climbed a tree and stayed there for three nights. On her way down, she fell seven storeys and broke her right arm.
In March 1992, Ah Meng was jealous that her long-time keeper, Alagappasamy Chellaiyah, paid attention to a research student studying orangutan behaviour. Ah Meng attacked the French female student.


Death
Ah Meng passed away on 8 February 2008 due to old age. She was 48 years old, or 95 human years, and is survived by two sons, Hsing Hsing and Satria, and three daughters, Medan, Hong Bao, and Sayang, as well as six grandchildren.

On 10 February, 2008, a high-profile memorial service for Ah Meng was held before a crowd of 4000 visitors at the Singapore Zoo.

As a tribute to her, the next orangutan to be born at the Singapore Zoo will be named Ah Meng Junior. A durian tree will be planted at her grave because durian was her favourite fruit. A bronze statue of the same size as Ah Meng was also unveiled.


Courtesy of Wikipedia
That's all for today! So far i tink 2008 has been a pretty sad year. First MC King the actor passed away and now Ah Meng. For those who dunno whos MC King he's a local actor who often acts in Jack Neo's production. You may be able to wiki a little something about him =)Gtg now bye!

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