Communications

Communication

Over the years, the level of technology is getting more and more advanced. People are developing new ways to keep in contact with one another through the social media. Technology has broken down the barriers to communications globally, also allowing communication to take place in a fraction of a second. There are many impacts due to this advance. People who use the internet excessively will suffer from the inability to focus on an activity for at least 15 minutes and it can even cause depression.

Transport

The transport system in the world is also becoming more advanced. For example, in Hong Kong, there is a underwater tunnel known as the Cross-Harbour Tunnel that crosses the Victoria Harbour and other tunnels can even go through a hill. In a busy city like Singapore, transport plays an important role in our daily life, be it for the running of businesses or simply just to go from one place to another. When a problem in a transport system occurs, many people will be affected. This was what happened when the circle line in Singapore was disrupted at 6 am on a Wednesday, affecting roughly 1,400 passengers. Buses were deployed to lessen the impact of the train disruption, but commuters say that the situation could be handled better as the bus drivers were not told on where to drive the affected commuters.

I feel that as the improvement technology makes things more convenient for us, we must not rely on them too much as there is always a weak spot in a transport route or negative impacts of using communication networks excessively.

Is transport and communication just playing a part in our lives and making things more convenient for us or are we getting lazier and relying on it too much that we make transport and communication our life?