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Topic: Thereis a higher non-marriage rate in Hong Kong than those in the West. Write anarticle for the school magazine explaining why there is a growing non-marriagerate in Hong Kong. End the article by giving your own opinion on gettingmarried. Give your essay a title.

Marriage-aMilestone in Life




ConventionalChinese wisdom holds that marriage is a milestone in life.
Many Hong Kong parents urge their unmarried childrento build up families. Nevertheless, many of them remain single. This results inan ever-escalating non-marriage rate in Hong Kong that even exceeds those inthe West now. In fact, this phenomenon stems from the changes in social circumstances.



Today’s women enjoy the right to education.In bygone days, few women had chances to be educated because of prevalent genderdiscrimination.
Marriage came as anatural stage in their life since they couldn’t secure jobs. In some extreme cases,getting married was their only option to avoid poverty. However, with freeeducation and general recognition of gender equality, education becomes more accessible to women nowadays. The morehighly educated they are, the more reluctant they want to be confined to theirhomes. Competent in other profession, they may prefer developing their careers .But,if they get married and have kids, they may be beset with commitment to theirfamilies. On this account, many women choose to remain single to devote themselveswhole-heartedly to work.



A further point in explaining this phenomenon is people’s lackof confidence in marriage. In recent years, whenever flicking throughnewspapers, you will probably see news about domestic violence. The bestexample to illustrate the current situation is Tin Shui Wai. In this district,a number of fatal family tragedies have cropped up one after another. Moreover,the divorce rate is also rather high in Hong Kong. Many marriages only last fora few years. In face of these miserable scenarios, no wonder many people opt tonot get married to avoid all potential problems.


The above two factors have set the backdropfor people’s reluctance to get married. Prevalent cohabitation among couplesfurther lowers the marriage rate.


Nowadays,cohabitation is no longer a taboo in Hong Kong. It comes as no surprise that celebritiescohabit with their lovers. And they are seldom, if not never, censured. Contrarily,many people are jealous of their blissful life. More importantly, cohabitatingcouples can save money by sharing their living expense without bearing all theobligations they would otherwise have in marriages. When their relationshipends, they can forsake each other without going through theformalities of divorce. Thus, increasingly more couples prefercohabitation to getting married. In view of the skyrocketing inflation rate,prices of wedding celebrations, honeymoon, housing and so forth will keep goingup. To avoid additional financial burdens, many cohabitating couples will continueto cohabit.

Regardlessof all discouraging factors associated with marriage, I still recognize thesignificance of marriage. Living in this world, we are going to seek our loveone. Success in careers is nothing, compared to a blissful marriage. Successfulcareers falter easily in an economic recession. However, your partner will lookafter and support you in perpetuity. Albeit getting married is costly and meansmany responsibilities, happiness comes with obligations. The satisfaction of seeinga child grow up and mature is unique. Worries about domestic violence ordivorce are outright unnecessary. On condition you are considerate and toleranttowards your partner, you can overcome all hurdles ahead.

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