Icon or I conned

Personally, I think that tourism will devalue heritage spots and icons. To increase the revenue that the heritage sites earn, they would have to increase the number of tourists visiting the heritage site, and in order to so, they would have to introduce world-renowned shops or restaurants such as McDonalds to attract tourists and also cater to their needs for a familiar meal if they are not used to the local dishes. These types of shops will devalue the heritage spots and icons as these shops will be built such that it would fit into the heritage spot. Therefore, areas with these shops will be modernised, devaluing heritage spots and icons, making me think that tourism will devalue heritage spots and icons.

Preservation and Modernisation

My personal stand on whether to demolish Mr LKY's house will be to demolish it. After attending the lesson on the circle of view point exercise about whether to demolish Mr LKY's house, I understand the mindset of the various different people who may be somewhat affect by the demolishment of Mr LKY's house. For example, students may be affected by the demolishment of Mr LKY's house as Mr LKY's house can serve as a place of education to educate students on the life of Mr LKY. However, I think that we should demolish Mr LKY's house as it is one of his wishes. In the lesson, we were shown a slide where Mr LKY claimed that they should demolish his house after he passed away as it was affecting the development of buildings in that area and by demolishing his house, high-rise buildings will be built and there would be more housing available for the people in Singapore. Therefore, I think that we should follow the wishes of the late Mr LKY and demolish his house as a form of respect to his last few wishes.

Factory to The World [Economy Part 5]

       Dilemma between the blind pursuit of higher economic growth and protecting our environment. Higher economic growth and protecting our environment are equally important, however, most people turn a blind eye towards the destruction of our environment and destroy our environment directly or indirectly by pursuing a higher economic growth. Companies destroy the environment directly by, you know, destroying the environment using machinery to get natural resources buried deep in the ground and also set up stable, sturdy mines to mine for these natural resources. Whereas, consumers destroy the environment by buying these products and when there is a high demand for these natural resources, companies are encouraged to expand their terrain and destroy the environment more by cutting down more rainforests and digging the land to make space for mines.
        Although pursuing a higher economic growth is important, I think that protecting our environment is more important. Once gone, it will take a very long time to grow the plants back and bring back the rainforest. Therefore, I conclude that we should focus more of our attention on protecting our environment and not pursuing higher economic growth.