With the passing of the late Mr Lee Kwan Yew, the issue of demolishing his house is highly debated in the country. Here, I would like to say that I strongly believe that Mr Lee's house should be demolished.
Mr Lee is known and honoured by many for his contributions in making Singapore a First-World country, from a Third-World, within a time span of just ten years. His contributions to Singapore are just countless. However, before Mr Lee passed away, he clearly stated again and again that he wanted the government to demolish his house once he is not present anymore. I believe that we should follow his wish to demolish his house if we truly honour him. If his house is retained because the people want to look at how this respectable man had lived his life and learn more about him, then I certainly do not think that is acceptable.
If one truly honour and respect Mr Lee, would they not follow what he wished and hoped for - to demolish his house?
Several books are published about Mr Lee and we can always learn more about this humble man through them. Videos about Mr Lee's life and contributions to Singapore are also available online. There are many sources of information and Mr Lee's house does not need to be there for others to learn about how he was like.
Thus, in my opinion, I feel that Mr Lee's house should be demolish.
2017年5月10日星期三
2017年5月8日星期一
Economy Part 5: Factory To The World
Although the majority knows of the consequences and feels that we should all protect our environment, but it is unavoidable that our environment will be affected when pursuing higher economy growth.
There is a chain connecting the environment and the economy growth. Natural resources from the environment such as coal and natural gas are needed for factories to work and produce goods for the economy to go on. Although the economy improves, the pollution increases and the natural and non-renewable resources decrease. The pollution would then affect our health and also contributes to greenhouse gases which enhances the global warming that we all are trying our best to help in the worsening situation. It is going to be an endless repetition of chain until our technology advance till when other source of energy can be used to produce products and does not contributes to the pollution.
However, we cannot sit by idly and wait for the government, the Non-Governmental organisations to come up with implementations and measures. We have to step up and do our part in protecting our environment as well. We can start by doing simple things like reusing papers, recycling papers by gathering all the newspapers that we have read finish in class and place them into the school's recycling bins. We can also limit the amount of new clothes we buy, by setting rules for ourselves that we should not buy new clothes until the old ones are unwearable. This can help reduce the huge amount of water that the factories use to produce just one shirt that we wear in our daily lives. We can also reuse the old clothes we have at home as a rag to clean the tables or to dry our feets when we step out of the toilets, or donate them to charity for the children who are unable to afford those clothes to wear.
I feel that even though it cannot be avoided that the environment would be affected by the economic growth, but we can always do our part in helping to protect it.
There is a chain connecting the environment and the economy growth. Natural resources from the environment such as coal and natural gas are needed for factories to work and produce goods for the economy to go on. Although the economy improves, the pollution increases and the natural and non-renewable resources decrease. The pollution would then affect our health and also contributes to greenhouse gases which enhances the global warming that we all are trying our best to help in the worsening situation. It is going to be an endless repetition of chain until our technology advance till when other source of energy can be used to produce products and does not contributes to the pollution.
However, we cannot sit by idly and wait for the government, the Non-Governmental organisations to come up with implementations and measures. We have to step up and do our part in protecting our environment as well. We can start by doing simple things like reusing papers, recycling papers by gathering all the newspapers that we have read finish in class and place them into the school's recycling bins. We can also limit the amount of new clothes we buy, by setting rules for ourselves that we should not buy new clothes until the old ones are unwearable. This can help reduce the huge amount of water that the factories use to produce just one shirt that we wear in our daily lives. We can also reuse the old clothes we have at home as a rag to clean the tables or to dry our feets when we step out of the toilets, or donate them to charity for the children who are unable to afford those clothes to wear.
I feel that even though it cannot be avoided that the environment would be affected by the economic growth, but we can always do our part in helping to protect it.
Economy Part 4: One Child Policy
Being in a family of 8 members, I cannot really relate well to being the only single child in the family. I have 5 siblings: My oldest brother(20, and going for NS this year), my second and third brother(18),who are identical twins, my older sister(17) and my little brother(6).
There are certainly pros and cons to having many siblings.
I grew up in a house where it is noisy everyday, everyone trying to add their comments into the matter-at-hand. My childhood memories was not really worth reminiscing. My big brother always liked to annoy me by rubbing his palm against my face. My twin brothers always liked to treat me like a maid, ordering me around to get their things for them like getting cup of water. My sister always liked to lock the door to the room and I always had to wait for a few hours till she opened it.
I never got the chance to buy new clothes as I always wore what my sister and my brothers could not fit in, and I was really upset about it for a while. The money in one angbao never exceeded $20 in my entire life, and the total angbao money I receive in one year, is barely one-fifth of what my friends receive in just one angbao. I always hated it when my classmates start sharing about how much they received over the New Year.
I used to admire how many of my friends is the only child in the family. They get to receive everything they want from their parents and they do not have to share anything with anyone. Take the angbao money for example, one of my classmate received $200 in one of her angbao. It is not possible for my uncles and aunties to spend $1200 on just my family alone. So they would have to divide the $200 into 6 shares, each getting around $30.
However, as I grew older, my mindset became more mature and I realised that it is not entirely bad that I have so many siblings. Although the house is never in a peaceful state when all family members are present, but the hyped atmosphere always make my low spirits high again. My parents do not value our academic achievements as much as our character development.(But academics are still important) Whenever I have trouble with my homework, I can always consult my siblings who specialises in different subjects. My third brother always share inspirational talks with us and as I listened to what he says, my view of the world and the things around me changes and I realise how childish I was before. Though we are siblings, our likes and dislikes varies and we can always share our food with one another and try out new things together. My sister has great fashion sense and she always help me to match my clothes to wear out when I am in loss of what to do.(I always borrow her clothes and she sometimes in turn borrows mine) My little brother just brings happiness to me whenever I look at his chubby little face.
When I sit down and think about this matter, I could not help but appreciate the presence of my five siblings. They have brought me happiness and made me grow in character in my entire life journey till now. Without them, I would probably still be an immature little girl who always plays in class, someone who values academics over anything else in the world, someone who is very outgoing, someone who is definitely not who I am today.
Although there are many benefits of being a single child(and many disadvantages too), but I feel that my family right now would be the best for me.
There are certainly pros and cons to having many siblings.
I grew up in a house where it is noisy everyday, everyone trying to add their comments into the matter-at-hand. My childhood memories was not really worth reminiscing. My big brother always liked to annoy me by rubbing his palm against my face. My twin brothers always liked to treat me like a maid, ordering me around to get their things for them like getting cup of water. My sister always liked to lock the door to the room and I always had to wait for a few hours till she opened it.
I never got the chance to buy new clothes as I always wore what my sister and my brothers could not fit in, and I was really upset about it for a while. The money in one angbao never exceeded $20 in my entire life, and the total angbao money I receive in one year, is barely one-fifth of what my friends receive in just one angbao. I always hated it when my classmates start sharing about how much they received over the New Year.
I used to admire how many of my friends is the only child in the family. They get to receive everything they want from their parents and they do not have to share anything with anyone. Take the angbao money for example, one of my classmate received $200 in one of her angbao. It is not possible for my uncles and aunties to spend $1200 on just my family alone. So they would have to divide the $200 into 6 shares, each getting around $30.
However, as I grew older, my mindset became more mature and I realised that it is not entirely bad that I have so many siblings. Although the house is never in a peaceful state when all family members are present, but the hyped atmosphere always make my low spirits high again. My parents do not value our academic achievements as much as our character development.(But academics are still important) Whenever I have trouble with my homework, I can always consult my siblings who specialises in different subjects. My third brother always share inspirational talks with us and as I listened to what he says, my view of the world and the things around me changes and I realise how childish I was before. Though we are siblings, our likes and dislikes varies and we can always share our food with one another and try out new things together. My sister has great fashion sense and she always help me to match my clothes to wear out when I am in loss of what to do.(I always borrow her clothes and she sometimes in turn borrows mine) My little brother just brings happiness to me whenever I look at his chubby little face.
When I sit down and think about this matter, I could not help but appreciate the presence of my five siblings. They have brought me happiness and made me grow in character in my entire life journey till now. Without them, I would probably still be an immature little girl who always plays in class, someone who values academics over anything else in the world, someone who is very outgoing, someone who is definitely not who I am today.
Although there are many benefits of being a single child(and many disadvantages too), but I feel that my family right now would be the best for me.
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