18. In general, people are living longer now. Discuss the causes of this phenomenon. Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay.

In general, people are living longer now. Currently, women can live up to seventy-eight, men; seventy-three. Compared to those people  twenty years ago, they  lived up to sixty something. Why can they live longer? In this essay, I will examine three  reasons for people who can live longer.

There  is  good medical treatment  in Hong Kong. Every year, the SAR government allocate  much money into medical service in Hong Kong . So the hospitals have good facilities and medicine for the patients. Therefore, people can live longer. In  1930s in Hong Kong, there was  no medicine for treating cancer in Hong Kong. Many people died of  cancer. However, because of the improvement of  medicinal advancement care and hospital’s facilities in Hong Kong, until now, there are medicine for cancer and fewer  people die of cancer.

Apart from improving  medical service, people are aware of the importance of  their health. When we  walk past a park in the morning, we  can see many people exercising , such as running,  dancing, and the like., especially the old women and men. Sometimes, when you go to a swimming pool, you see  many people swimming. They exercise every day. Then they become healthier so they can have longer lives.

In fact,  the SAR government also cares about the health of people. The government always checks restaurants in Hong Kong to ensure that they  are clean. So fewer people will not take in  the dirty food. It is very dangerous if people take in food that are not clean.  If people had eaten dirty food, they may get poisoned, or even  be killed .

All in all, people in Hong Kong are richer than those of thirty years ago. They spend time on the way to have a sound health. With the advancement of the medical treatment, people will not die because of diseases. They have a longer life.