(12) Left your thought. Commentary for the Orchard Road makeover

People always argue about the development of a city. A construction plan can be disputed since it was come out till it has already been done. Recently, one of the most bustling streets in Singapore, Orchard Road has just completed rejuvenation. People certainly discuss about whether it is nice or not. A lot of people complained that the country invested $40 million dollars. Nevertheless, there were only a few changes taken place. It was worthless and impractical. However, in my opinion, the government has done a good job. It was indeed needed to decorate the Orchard Road. On one hand, it was to improve the image of Singapore. On the other hand, carrying on some infrastructure construction could improve the quality of civilians’ life, also could provide more jobs, especially we are during the finical crisis.
After makeover, many people seemed not pleased with the outcome. By the recent polled, we found a lot of complaints. Some grumbled that they didn’t think it was worth. They could hardly notice the differences. Some even ridiculed that for $40 million dollars, the government should have built a bridge across the road. The other unsatisfied people also indicated that some changes were impractical, for instance, the glass panel didn’t help pedestrians, contrarily it might get in the way when people walked at night.
However, in my view, it was worth to do this work. We all know that tourism always occupy a big portion of the economy growth in Singapore. Orchard Road is the primary shopping belt of Singapore. As a result, there are lots of tourists coming there when they visit Singapore, so it was a good idea to beautify it. And it was even urgent to do this work. In fact, we should regard it as an invaluable long-term investment which spent on the image of Singapore.
Also it was the work which should be done because of the dropping economy. Now, we are in critical time. The whole world is struggling in finical crisis. As a chain reaction, it leads to low consumption. The lower consumption causes the lower requirement which means the lower production is needed. Then a large number of productive forces are no more needed. The result is a lot of people become jobless and they become the big burden of government. However, by carrying out this work, not only solved a part of this problem but improved the infrastructure constructions.
In conclusion, I think doing such kind of work was worth and necessary. However, when it carried out, the government should ensure that the money was using in an effective way. After all, the money comes from the taxer. They have the right to see that their effort using in a proper way.