Is Hong Kong A Place For Children?

Is Hong Kong A Place For Children?

Time does fly, and I am a secondary 4 student already. Time always slips away neath our eyes. If we do not hold it tightly, it just flows away and never could come back.

It was at kindergarten. At that point, this world was a mystery to me, and I knew nothing about it. However, thank to my ignorance, I could live my kindergarten time naively but also delightfully.

When I am now looking retrospectively, I found myself in happiness, at least I was. Comparing to recent, this boring and stressful life is not what I was looking forward to. Every day repeating the same thing, going to school meaninglessly, I cannot feel my future in this monotonous work.

Everyone is talking about dream, but what exactly is dream, and does it exist in Hong Kong? Hong Kong has destroyed thounsands of children. Those children used to have a pure childhood, they used to have the smiles hanging on their faces like the one in the picture. But look at Hong Kong now, are there any children still having them? They born to compete, just for a degree in univerity, and they are forced to various courses starting from they learned to walk. Children nowadays can no longer enjoy their childhood, their childhoods are crammed of piano, violin, guitar etc. They are not live to suffer, they deserve to strive for better future!

Can’t we just stop it from this vicious cycle? Hong Kong has gone so wrong, but we, the future pillars, can guide Hong Kong back to the original track. We can free the kids from suffering, stop slaughtering their creativities. They deserve to control their futures!

It was me, standing on the street, chilling and eating siu mai. Although it is not related to the title, I just want to share my joyful childhood with you guys.

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時光飛逝，轉眼間我已成為一位高中生。時間總從我們眼底下流過。如果我們沒把它牢牢緊握，它只會一去不復返。

這在幼稚園時。那時，這個世界對我還是一個謎，我對它卻一無所知。但是，多虧我的無知，我的幼稚園才能在天真愉快下度過。

當我回望過去，我曾經有過快樂的童年，至少曾經擁有過。對比起現在，這個沈悶而壓力的生活絕不是我所期望的。每天同樣地重複著，返學與放學。在這單調乏味的生活，我感受不到我的未來。

正當每個人都在談論夢想時，但什麼是夢想，它在香港又存在嗎？香港已摧毀了數以十萬計的小孩。那些小孩曾經有過純真的童年，他們曾經有過豁然開朗的笑容，就像相中的笑容一樣。但眼看香港，現在還有小孩能笑的燦爛嗎？他們一出生就為了與其他小孩較量，只為了大學的一個學位。打從學會走路，他們就被父母安排了各種的興趣班。現在的小孩已不能再享受自己的童年，他們的童年只會被鋼琴、小提琴、結他所霸佔。他們不是出生就為了受苦，他們值得活出自己的未來！

難道我們就不能終止這個惡性循環嗎？香港已在不知不覺間偏歪了。但我們，未來的棟樑，能夠把香港撥回正軌。我們能夠把小孩從苦難中拯救出來，停止扼殺他們的創意。他們值得掌控自己的未來！

這是我，站在街道上，正在霸氣地吃著燒賣。雖然這跟標題好像不太相關，但我只想跟你們分享我曾經有過的快樂童年。