In many countries, people are now living longer than ever before. Some people say an ageing population creates problems for governments. Other people think there are benefits if society has more elderly people. To what extent do the advantages of having an ageing population outweigh the disadvantages?

People

have a myriad of views on whether the rapidly ageing

population

is enhancing the

country

's

development

.

Although

there are benefits to increasing the number of elderly in a

country

, they are outweighed by the disadvantages. Among the positive sides of a rising

population

of aged

people

. probably the most significant reason is that old

people

can share their experiences and knowledge with youngsters. Since aged

people

had faced lots of changes and difficulties throughout their livelihood, they will know the tactics through the mistakes they have made and the secret to success.

Therefore

, their advice and sharings are vulnerable, which helps young individuals and even society to avoid taking the scenic route to success.

Besides

, the elderly can even share traditional cultures, which helps to maintain the diversity of culture in a nation. The making of mooncakes is the prime example to explain it. The young generation in Hong Kong, nowadays, doesn't know how to make mooncakes by hand, which is the loss of our precious customs.

However

, there are lots of ways to protect our own traditional cultures,

such

as filming videos, writing literature and doing reports to record them. Meanwhile, success may be followed by failures, we should not force youngsters to depend on aged

people

and restricts their innovative ideas and it may hamper the city's growth eventually. Despite the benefits brought by the elderly, I believe that more elderly

people

in society will bring detrimental impacts to the

country

. The most vital disadvantage is that

this

will increase the government's spending on welfare resources, which other

development

spending,

such

as the

development

of technology, and science will be deprived

due to

resource allocation. It is without a doubt that the expenditure on healthcare and welfare system will be increased alongside the rising

population

of old

people

, which may cause a huge burden on the economy of a

country

.

For example

, Canada, the USA, and England are where the elderly's spending accounts for nearly one-third of total expenditure. Meanwhile,

due to

the physical constraints, the elderly's contributions to the physical

development

of a city are much less than the youngsters. Being a well-developing

country

, lots of infrastructure and buildings are required.

However

, construction sites need skilled and healthy labour and engineers, and the elderly can't bear that responsibility

due to

their health and body constraints. In

this

way, the ageing

population

is not only adding to the spending of the government but

also

slowing the growth of a nation. Under

this

line of thinking,

although

there are positive sides to a rising number of aged in society, It is believed that there are even more downsides which destroy a nation's continuous growth in the long term.