Difference in Youth Cultures between Singapore and China

Chinese Youth Culture

I think that this is one that would represent the Chinese Youth culture very much as many Chinese just spend their time studying for 高考. Although Many other countries also have their youths mugging and studying for test, they are no way near the Chinese Youths. The Chinese really takes it very far as there is only one route for them and there are very limited spaces for them in their jcs and Universities, thus creating a very competitive environment. This brings many Chinese to study very hard to try and be able to enter and gain a higher grade of education. Thus, they study a lot. I remember one time when I visited my cousin in China, he spent the first 6 days in school studying as he lives in the school hostel so there was supposed to be like one day where I could see him. However, on Sunday, I merely greeted him and ate breakfast with him before he left for tuition and returned to his hostel to study. My aunt also told me that he was already leading a relaxed life in their standards and many other youths in China have it far worse. Thus, this is why I think that studying represents Chinese Youths as there is a competitive environment which forces a lot of their students into studying so it is very common for them to be studying.

Singapore Youth Culture

I think that this action of 'joing your friend to lepak' is uniquely Singapore as most Singaporean Youths like to go out with their friends to hang out at shopping malls or playgrounds as a way to pass time. Even though most countries also have similar type of culture, I think that Singapore's one is unique because the expression of 'joing your friend to lepak' has a different tone. 'Lepaking' brings a very casual and relaxed tone towards it where it's like an everyday thing that you can do anytime anywhere whereas other countries are more formal they have to plan where they would want to go and etc. However, 'lepaking' is just like a common thing that you can just do it with your friends without there needing to be any reason just 'chillax and relax' and enjoy 'lepaking'.

Different Point Of Views about the demolishment of historical places

From the Tourism Board's point of view: We think that they will disagree to the demolishment of the historical places.
This is because without those historical places,there would be lesser things to view when tourists visit their country. Most of us have been overseas and have followed tour groups before right? Tour groups would always bring us to historical places of the country and talk about the country's history. Without those historical places,no tourists would like to go to that country as other than eating and walking around,they have nothing very special to see. Yes,they can try the different types of food but that's not all they would like to do right? If the tourists do not want to go to the country,the country would not be able to earn money from tourists and will earn a lot lesser.


From the government's point of view:
We think that they will disagree to the demolishment of historical places. The money earned from the Tourism Board would be for the government to lead the country. If no tourists goes to their country,the Tourism Board would not be able to earn money from tourists. In this way, the money transferred to the government would be a lot lesser too. If they can't earn enough money, they will not like it as they can't do the things that they want to do for the country. In this way,they will not support the demolishment of the historical places.


From the public's point of view:
We think that the public would disagree to the demolishment of the historical places. This is because they are all citizens of that country. With their country's historical places demolished,they will feel that there is a broken piece in their country's history. Even though the demolishment would not really affect them,they would still find something lacking. Their country's history would usually be something that they are proud about. For example,they will be proud of the greatness of the buildings in their country. If such historical places are removed,there would be something lacking in what they can be proud of. Therefore,they will not agree in the demolishment of the country.


From the Historical Preservation Society's point of view :
We think that they will disagree to demolish historical sites. They are people who strive to preserve historical sites as they hold historical value and is a key to the past. I think that they would object as they would find that the historical artifact and the site itself should remained untouched by modernisation as it would educate the next generations of the country's past culture. Without the artifacts, we would not even have an idea of how the past was like.

From the land developers point of view :
We think that they would agree to demolish historical sites because it would make way for them to urbanise and build more factories/buildings. Money would take priority over historical value. If they can get to earn lots more money,they wouldn't bother about whether the place is of historical value or not.