In recent years, many small local shops have closed because customers travel to large shopping centre or malls to do their shopping. Is this a positive or a negative development ?

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Men and women these days prefer to

shop

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from big malls rather than small outlets.

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is majorly a positive outcome because shopping complex

are

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more convenient than buying things from different shops,

moreover

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, the ratio of employment has increased due to

malls

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the malls

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, customers give more priority to shopping malls nowadays, because they find shopping around under the same roof more feasible than travelling to different places to find certain items in certain outlets. It is because, in a shopping complex there are

variety

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a variety

of outlets and it is easier to find the things required, while shopping

from

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for

shop

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one has to travel to different places for buying different items.

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, in a recent survey, in Fiji, it was found that 8 out of 10 persons preferred to

shop

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from a mall, it

being

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more convenient than a local

shop

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This

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is to say that,

instead

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employment ratio

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the employment ratio

going down due to closure of many local shops, it has throttled upwards after opening of new shopping centres. It is because shopping malls are a combination of a huge number of small outlets and

more number

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number

of working hands are needed.

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, a few other

staff

the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

stuff

like security guards, mall management personnels,

etc

continuing in the same way

etc.

are

also

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required, who are

otherwise

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not required in a small

shop

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, in a report of The Herald newspaper,

employment ratio

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the employment ratio

in Denmark went up from 20% to 45% after opening of three new malls in the area. To conclude, establishment of big shopping centres and closure of small shops has benefitted the society in a positive way because, shopping malls are far more accessible and suited

for

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everyone’s needs than small scale outlets.

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, malls have increased the job opportunities by many levels.

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 7.0

Logical structure

Introduction & conclusion present

Supported main points

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 4.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 4.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 6.5

Complete response

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Clear & comprehensive ideas

Relevant & specific examples

Appropriate word count

4 paragraphs

292 words

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