Topic: Some people think that too much money has been spent looking after and repairing old buildings, so we should knock down old buildings and build modern ones instead. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

In general, urban development is one of the popular issues in a place. Some citizens believe that spending too much financial

resources

looking after and repairing old

buildings

is not suitable, and knocking down old

buildings

and building modern

ones

instead

would be better. In my opinion, I partly agree with that. First of all, looking after and repairing old

buildings

needs too

much

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financial

resources

which

is

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not

cost effective

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. Repairing historical

buildings

is a

high

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cost

project, especially

to repair

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repairing

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the

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buildings

in the urban city. It requires a high safety quality during construction, including

to maintain

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the main

construct

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. Repairing old

buildings

usually needs a professor group to plan the whole looking after and repairing proposal. Looking after and repairing old

buildings

is a higher

cost

than constructing a new modern building.

Hence

, knocking down old

buildings

and building modern

ones

instead

is

cost effective

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.

Moreover

, knocking down old

buildings

and building modern

ones

instead

would be helpful to

society

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development. Most old

buildings

have 5-10 floors only, and can not accommodate so many people. These are not using the

land-value

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land value

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effectively. If they remove the old

buildings

,

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and build modern skyscrapers. Which can use the

urban-land

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urban land

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more as well and effectively. The government

also

can resolve the housing problem in

this

case.

Hence

, knocking down old

buildings

and building modern

ones

instead

is using land-resource productively.

However

, some voices argue that those old

buildings

are cultural heritage, and should be protected and repaired.

For instance

, a lot of

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’

building

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buildings

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in

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Hong Kong Island were repaired and protected as well. Even

those

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of

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the historical

buildings

located in the CBD,

which

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will not affect the economic development. In fact, Hong Kong has to evaluate them, they prefer to repair and protect the high

historica-value

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historical-value

historic-value

buildings

. If the government repaired all of the old

buildings

, it would waste lots of financial

resources

.

Therefore

, a number of rich historical-value

buildings

should be repaired and protected. In conclusion, some of the old

buildings

should be repaired and protected

according to

their

historical-value

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historical value

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. At the same time, the government should spend the financial

resources

and land

resources

effectively.