By Mengqi and Joanne
- consequences of an ageing population
- measures to solve the problem
- proper attitude is important
The problem of an ageing population is staring us in the face. Our workforce is ageing and we are losing competitiveness to countries like India and China whose young and talented workforce are attracting the attention of Multi National Corporations. A greater percentage of the taxes you pay will go to funding for the welfare of the older generation.
Put yourself in their situation. One day you will grow old and your children will have to work so hard to support you. Take China's one child policy as an example. The only child struggles to support his parents. Do you want our children to suffer so much?
We can change this situation for the better. Chairman Mao said, 'More people, more power', so we encourage you to have more children to maintain the balance between the younger generation and the older generation in the population. Take this as your responsibilty to promote the development of our nation. What will our country's economy be like if our workforce could be younger, more talented and more refreshed?
Your future is secured.
Of course, proper attitude is important. If we are self-reliant and maintain a healthy lifestyle, we may not be a burden to our children and the government. We can re-contribute to the society because we have rich work experience.
We can unite together to solve this problem and create a better, happier and more prosperous society.
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Good speech (: however, i think you guys should elaborate more on your second point (:
ReplyDeleteit could be more informal and persuasive as you are encouraging the citizens to give birth to more babies
ReplyDelete'(the older generation)are not contributing to our society that much anymore, but they demand more of our resources.'
ReplyDeleteSome senior citizens will fell uncomfortable.
More elaboration. Can be more convincing by giving more examples. And use more emotive words. Other than that, its pretty well done.
ReplyDelete"They are not contributing to our society that much anymore, but they demand more of our resources."
ReplyDeleteThis sentence seems to be emotived, If I was the elderly, I would feel hurt and nasty when PM says this.I think this point should not be stressed.
Need to have more elaboration. It sounds more like an encouragement speech. Try to include more examples
ReplyDeleteoverall, good try!! However, try to have a 'motto' so that others will feel even more determined to help relieve the effect of the ageing population and have more babies:)
ReplyDeletePresume Para 1 is your intro.
ReplyDeletePara 2: 'It may not even be enough.' It?
If that was your speech points, it seems that the main thing is to produce more children to deal with the ageing population. Lacks depth.