3A Cheung Cheng I, Anna
Dear Aunt
How’re you? A month has gone since I last saw you at Uncle John’s funeral. I am impressed by your strong will to face the sadness of losing Uncle John and your determination to realize his will to help those in need in the community. I am going to tell you about my plan to spend his money in a meaningful way.
Hong Kong is a realistic city. Why I say so? Because there is an always true principle, dream might not be a big deal, but money always is, in Hong Kong. “Money come the first and dream is always the last.” “Talking about dreams is impossible in Hong Kong.” I believe most of the Hong Kong people must have heard something like these before. It seems that Hong Kong really doesn’t allow young people to dream. The dream is just too far away from them. In fact, many Hong Kong young people do not dare to chase after their dream or even have a dream due to some main reasons. One of the reasons is they lack capital. Therefore, I’ve decided to help them with the money.
I would like to set up a fund which young people can borrow money from at a low interest rate. Let me give you an example. A young man is interested in having his own business but lacks money. Then the fund will offer him a certain amount of money as a loan. After some time, he can earn some profits and is able to repay the loan including the interest. Then, there will be more money in the fund and the fund will also be able to help more young people. It is like making investments in the young people. Besides they can also use the money to expand their business, like if they sell their products on the Instagram, they can use the money to have more promotions.
Apart from this, young people think that their dream is negligible. They can’t make big money and it’s not worth doing so. I have some personal experience in life. I, as a 14-year-old girl, have so many friends who are confused about their future. As many people rank the salary as the first consideration while choosing a job. They are confused whether they should follow most Hong Kong people’s footsteps, choosing to be a doctor or a lawyer whose salary is much higher or just following their heart, going after their dream. Under this atmosphere, youngsters, especially those who want to be a designer or an artist, always worry about whether going after their dream can bring them a bright future or not because it is quite hard to make their designs or brands known in Hong Kong.
Therefore, there is another use of my fund. I’d also use the money from the fund to provide some professional courses to them in order to enrich their skills, turning their dream into reality step by step. After they have finished the courses, they may also borrow money from the fund to set up their own shops or do something about their dream.
Hong Kong lacks creativity and originality. The purpose of setting up this fund is to encourage young people to be brave enough to follow their heart, do what they want. Let them know that dream is not far away, but it is just next to us if we can grab the chances.
Dear aunt, I hope I can also help realize uncle’s unfinished dream of helping others by using the money he left me wisely. Take care.
Love,
Anna