Preserving the past may not be important for us, teenagers. But it means something to the elderly living in Singapore. Elderly do appreciate their past culture and traditions. For instance, many grandparents still enjoy 'ge-tai', a singing performance that is sung in dialects. Many elderly are willing to travel to Singapore to enjoy this performance during the 7th month. From this, we can see that preserving the past can be meaningful.
However, in the modern era, everyone is practical and realistic. Most of them feel that there is no point in preserving the past and everyone should look forward to the future. Everyone should plan for their future to live a better life.
It would be stupid if everyone were to be bothered over their past. Everyone make mistakes, the most important thing is to be forward-looking. For example, a criminal did wrong in the past and after being jailed for many years, he hopes to turn over a new leaf. Shouldn't the society give him a chance to prove himself that he has learnt from his mistakes?Another example is conservation of resources and protecting the environment. As everyone would be aware by now that the ozone layer is depleting and soon, there would not be any layer protecting the Earth. Therefore, it is necessary and essential to come up with other ways to protect the Earth against Sun's ultraviolet rays. In Singapore, there is limited amount of resources such as water and land