yslamac
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Please check my letter and make suggestions for it. Thank you.:-D
Topic :
Because of the lack of sports facilities, some people in your community have suggested that schools should allow the public to use their sports facilities after school hours.
Write a letter to the editor of the Hong Kong Daily stating your opinion. Support your opinion with three reasons.
Dear Editor,
We often hear citizens complaining about the lack of sports facilities in the city. It is understandable that the government needs to manifest the fiscal budget in a more careful way to avoid deficit and to address other more pressing issues. Nevertheless, exercising has numerous intangible benefits on us: improvement of cardiovascular functions, increase in muscular strength, lower cholesterol levels, etc. I agree with the idea suggested by a legislative councilor that the schools in the city can allow the public to enjoy their sports facilities after school hours.
As mentioned, exercising improves people’s health. It has been suggested by the report commissioned by the Public Health Department that one-third of the middle-aged citizens have a cardiovascular function that is below the standard suggested by the World Health Organization. In such case, they are more vulnerable to heart attacks and coronary heart diseases. There is no doubt that they would suffer from it themselves; however, it might also increase the financial burden on the administration as more money would be spent on the public health sector. It is always true that prevention is better than cure. The government should have a discussion with the schools on this issue: public usage of sports facilities after school hours. And I believe this can make sports more appealing to the citizens who wish to workout.
Through more engagement in sports, citizens can improve their social life. I personally join a gym club and have noticed that people are more willing to have small talks and chit-chats whenever they are attending a sport class or lifting the dumbbells. It is generally realized that people in our city are reluctant to reach out and show reservation to make new friends. This can be explained by the fact that we lack common interests, therefore topics. Citizens are stick to a very fast-paced life, and work around the clock; they seem to forget the importance of the cultivation of interests. In my gym club, those members soak up in the energy-filled atmosphere bestowed by exercising, and they are eager to initiate a conversation with the people next to them. It is my very personal wish that citizens can only go to the school in which they graduated, and this can allow them to chance upon their old friends.
Another justified reason for the suggestion is that the government can offer more job opportunities through this proposal. Although our city is only supported by the property and the financial sectors, it is important to diversify its economy and create jobs of different industries.
Therefore, I propose to allow people to have access to gym rooms in schools and to have free personal trainers on site at the same time. This, of course, will increase the expenditure; but the government can utilize this chance to show that it is determined to include more industries and to improve its citizens’ health. Also, people may easily get injured if they don’t have enough supervision from professionals. Therefore, there is a real need to hire qualified personal trainers.
We all expect the government can table the discussion and value the importance of sports.
Yours truly
Topic :
Because of the lack of sports facilities, some people in your community have suggested that schools should allow the public to use their sports facilities after school hours.
Write a letter to the editor of the Hong Kong Daily stating your opinion. Support your opinion with three reasons.
Dear Editor,
We often hear citizens complaining about the lack of sports facilities in the city. It is understandable that the government needs to manifest the fiscal budget in a more careful way to avoid deficit and to address other more pressing issues. Nevertheless, exercising has numerous intangible benefits on us: improvement of cardiovascular functions, increase in muscular strength, lower cholesterol levels, etc. I agree with the idea suggested by a legislative councilor that the schools in the city can allow the public to enjoy their sports facilities after school hours.
As mentioned, exercising improves people’s health. It has been suggested by the report commissioned by the Public Health Department that one-third of the middle-aged citizens have a cardiovascular function that is below the standard suggested by the World Health Organization. In such case, they are more vulnerable to heart attacks and coronary heart diseases. There is no doubt that they would suffer from it themselves; however, it might also increase the financial burden on the administration as more money would be spent on the public health sector. It is always true that prevention is better than cure. The government should have a discussion with the schools on this issue: public usage of sports facilities after school hours. And I believe this can make sports more appealing to the citizens who wish to workout.
Through more engagement in sports, citizens can improve their social life. I personally join a gym club and have noticed that people are more willing to have small talks and chit-chats whenever they are attending a sport class or lifting the dumbbells. It is generally realized that people in our city are reluctant to reach out and show reservation to make new friends. This can be explained by the fact that we lack common interests, therefore topics. Citizens are stick to a very fast-paced life, and work around the clock; they seem to forget the importance of the cultivation of interests. In my gym club, those members soak up in the energy-filled atmosphere bestowed by exercising, and they are eager to initiate a conversation with the people next to them. It is my very personal wish that citizens can only go to the school in which they graduated, and this can allow them to chance upon their old friends.
Another justified reason for the suggestion is that the government can offer more job opportunities through this proposal. Although our city is only supported by the property and the financial sectors, it is important to diversify its economy and create jobs of different industries.
Therefore, I propose to allow people to have access to gym rooms in schools and to have free personal trainers on site at the same time. This, of course, will increase the expenditure; but the government can utilize this chance to show that it is determined to include more industries and to improve its citizens’ health. Also, people may easily get injured if they don’t have enough supervision from professionals. Therefore, there is a real need to hire qualified personal trainers.
We all expect the government can table the discussion and value the importance of sports.
Yours truly