Advantages and Disadvantage of Living in Potong Pasir

Potong Pasir is an area located in the south east of Singapore,

it is also where our school is and many of my schoolmates live.

Athough  i am not living Potong Pasir and have not been in to the

neighbourhood before.It was only last friday that our english teacher

brought us to tour around the area that i realised the advantage of living

in Potong Pasir.

  It is an area where few races of people live together,during the trip i

saw different religious building where different races of people use to

worship their god ,the advantage of living in the area is that first of all,

it leads to a richer life . for example in multi-racial area, it is possible

to enjoy so many cultures.There is opportunity to learn from each other

and enrich one's own culture by taking the best from the others . There

are also community centre in the neighbourhood and thos helped to bring

people together, so that they develope closeness to each other and are more

cohersive.The centre also organises activities for the people who live in the area.

For example there are some tuition classes to enrich students with knowledge

and guide them through their examinations, and activities for the ageing population

to keep them healthy and active.The community centre also have an easier task.

Information spreading is fast. The people can understand what their MPs are planning

for the town.

  The disadvantages are few but do exist.Potong Pasir is a small area where large number

of people live,although people have a sense of unity but unconvenience do occur,for example

in the morning when i was on the bus to school i often see traffic jam along the road, i believe

the residence here have to wake up ealier to travel to their work places.If the resident wanted

to buy electronic products or shopping they also have limited choices, because in the area

there is no shopping malls and they have go to other places.I think this is very troublesome

for the people.

   In my opinion i still believe living in Potong Pasir is very comfortable and exciting and the

advantages far outweighs the disadvantages.

Seng Yu