Dear editor,
亲爱的编辑，
I am writing to express my views on the playground vandalism near my housing estate. The housing estate where I live in in the New Territories has many excellent facilities. While most people treat them properly, there are some people destroy all these valuable public resources. The playground equipment is heavily damaged. Some facilities are burned and broken. The graffiti are completely covered all over the place. Some of the graffiti even includes bad language. It’s adversely influence the children safety and our precious public resources.
我写这篇文章是为了表达我对我住宅区附近游乐场破坏的看法。我住的新界住宅区有许多优良的设施。虽然大多数人对他们都很好，但也有一些人破坏了所有这些宝贵的公共资源。操场设备严重损坏。一些设施被烧毁和损坏。到处都是涂鸦。有些涂鸦甚至包括不好的语言。这对儿童的安全和我们宝贵的公共资源造成了不利影响。
The reason of this vandalism is mainly related to the people who are out of boredom and the shortage of security. Nowadays, most teenagers like to spend their time through hanging out with friends. When they have nothing to play or any recreational activities, the playground may be targeted as an amusement for spending their time. Due to teenagers are now in the process of building self-worth and self-esteem, they will try to do something over in order to get the peer recognition. For instant, the teenagers pretend to be a leader through destroying the facilities. In these recent years, these selfish and irresponsible behaviors under the fabricating, exaggerating from social media, started becoming rationalized. That’s why the playground vandalism happens. Secondly, it is because of the shortage of security guards. If there is security guard checking the playground regularly, to deter any vandalism promptly, this phenomenon will not happen.
造成这种破坏的原因主要是因为人们摆脱了无聊和缺乏安全感。现在，大多数青少年都喜欢通过和朋友出去玩来打发时间。当他们没有什么可玩的或任何娱乐活动时，游乐场可能成为他们消磨时间的娱乐场所。由于青少年现在正处于建立自我价值感和自尊的过程中，他们会尝试做一些事情来获得同伴的认可。一时间，这些青少年通过破坏设施假装成了领导者。近年来，这些自私自利、不负责任的行为在社会媒体的捏造、夸大下，开始趋于合理化。这就是为什么会发生破坏游乐场的行为。其次，是保安人员不足。如果有保安定期检查操场，及时制止任何破坏行为，这种现象就不会发生。
To solve the problem, establishing a youth centre and forming a management committee are the best ways to solve the problem. Since Teenagers are having more free time, their needs of recreational activity are relatively elevated. Therefore, if there’s any activity or place to let them spend their free time, they will naturally lose interest in the destruction of the park, so as to protect the playground’s facilities and relieve the serious vandalism efficaciously. Establishing a youth centre is the best way to let the teenagers getting the community involved and spends their free time. In the youth centre, it will be provided some sporting equipment, chess game for them to play. Also, the youth centre will organize some activities for teenagers to enrich their life and help them to build up self-esteem, responsibility and self-worth. Let them can get into the community involved in the future easily.
解决问题，建立青少年中心和成立管理委员会是解决问题的最好办法。由于青少年有更多的空闲时间，他们对娱乐活动的需求相对较高。因此，如果有任何活动或场所让他们消磨空闲时间，他们自然会对破坏公园失去兴趣，从而保护游乐场设施，有效缓解严重的破坏行为。建立一个青少年中心是让青少年参与社区活动和消磨空闲时间的最佳途径。在青少年中心，将为他们提供一些体育器材、棋类比赛。此外，青少年中心还将为青少年组织一些活动，丰富他们的生活，帮助他们建立自尊、责任感和自我价值感。让他们在未来轻松融入社区。
Second, it’s about the security. Due to the shortage of security guard, the teenagers can go to destroy the park whenever they want. Nobody cares about it and looks after the place. It’s conceivable that the vandalism will continuously happen if there isn’t any security guard. In contrast, if there is a management committee to supervise the playground, patrol it regularly, teenagers will behave more appropriate if they know that someone is watching them, so as to protect our facilities.
秒，关乎安全。由于缺乏保安，青少年们可以随时去破坏公园。没人管它，也没人照顾这个地方。可以想象，如果没有任何保安，破坏行为将持续发生。相比之下，如果有一个管理委员会来监督操场，定期巡逻，青少年如果知道有人在监视他们，就会表现得更加得体，从而保护我们的设施。
The situation now needs urgent attention! The existing playground is broken and dangerous for young children to play in. It’s not just vandalism, is a danger bomb in the society! If the problem cannot be solved promptly, it will become a vicious cycle, fully threaten our children safety and our daily life. Therefore, I earnestly urge the relevant departments to face and solve this problem immediately, so as to protect our children and facilities.
的情况现在需要紧急关注！现有的操场破了，小孩玩耍也很危险。这不仅是破坏，也是社会上的一颗危险炸弹！如果不能及时解决，就会形成恶性循环，充分威胁到我们的儿童安全和日常生活。因此，我恳请有关部门立即正视并解决这一问题，以保护我们的儿童和设施。
的您忠实的，
Chris Wong
的Chris Wong