The power of money is so great that some people resort to crime in order to become rich. Money is vital for our survival and it affects people in different ways. They have become more materialistic these days and there's a craving for life's luxuries. Money can breed suspicion among human beings and deteriorating relationships threaten social stability.
In the pursuit of riches, people may neglect the needs of those around them. Crime may flourish in such conditions.
Nowadays many students are eager to get into university because they believe that this will bring them good prospects. Their real aim however is to make more money. In the process, they place a lesser importance on the knowledge they are acquiring at university.
On the other hand, money can bring many benefits to a community. It can motivate people to work harder so as to raise their living standards. It is fair that hard-working people can earn more. Money provides them with an incentive and boosts productivity. Besides, money helps improve the quality of education, medical services, and infrastructure. Sometimes, we need money to fulfil our dreams, such as travelling around the world. Above all, we can use money to help needy people. But money is so powerful that it can bring huge benefits as well as terrible destruction to human beings.
Eleanor is a student at Lok Sin Tong Yu Kan Hing School