I believe local media pays too much attention to celebrities' personal lives. Shops are full of colourful, glossy magazines. Some focus on clothes, travel, food and lifestyle, but so many carry articles about celebrities. People are obsessed with celebrities.
Even newspapers carry a large number of articles about celebrities. They are often on the front page to attract attention and make people buy them. Celebrity stories are treated as more important than world events.
The media is responding to increased interest in celebrities, supplying buyers with what they want. If we stopped spending so much on gossip publications, they wouldn't need to be published.
Hopefully, the public appetite for such articles will diminish and people can focus more on what's really important in the world.
Christy Ngai Hei-man, Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School
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