TOUR GUIDE SPEECH

HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DEVINE GRACE GABAT. ON BEHALF OF OUR GROUP I’D LIKE TO
WELCOME YOU ALL TO BEIJING. Let’s go! RIGHT NOW I’D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A MINUTE TO FAMILIARIZE
YOU WITH THE MAIN PROBLEMS OF BEIJING THAT THEY’RE CURRENTLY FAVING.

IN BEIJING THERE ARE MAIN PROBLEMS THAT THEY’RE FACING TODAY. THE 5 MAIN PROBLEMS WHICH
INCLUDE POLLUTION, POVERTY, TRAFFIC, SANITATION AND OVERPOPULATION.

LET’S PROCEED IN POLLUTION; POLLUTION IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN BEIJING THAT IS MAINLY COST BY
LOCAL INSTRUCTION DUSTMOTOR, COAL BURNING, DUST STORMS AND VEHICLES. IN 2013, HEAVY
SMOG HAD TAKEN OVER THE CITY POPULATING PAPER MASK IN BEIJING

WATER POLLUTION IS ANOTHER HUMONGOUS PROBLEM, DRINKING WATER IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE

leaving people drinking from human and animal waste, reused water and radiation. Many of
Beijing people who have had liver and stomach cancer have been also blamed on water
pollution. Water pollution is particularly house hold swage which is being held in rivers and
lakes without being treated.

NEXT, POVERTY. According to a survey conducted in August-September 2,000 by the Ministry

of Civil Affairs (the Ministry in charge of urban poverty relief) there were around 14 million
urban residents in Beijing with an income below the local poverty line. The number is certainly
large enough to highlight the seriousness of the problem of urban poverty.

NEXT, TRAFFIC. BEIJING STILL STRUGGLING TO DEAL WITH TRAFFIC, AS WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN
GUOMAO BRIDGE IN BEIJING. Beijing has been notorious for serious traffic congestion for so
long that netizens call it “Shoudu” - capital of traffic jams. The city’s problems do not seem to
be improving in the past year - despite repeated measures to limit vehicle numbers. The
weekday traffic index - a measurement for road congestion ranging from 0-10 - rose 6.4 per
cent in the first half year compared with the same period last year, hitting 5.0.

ANOTHER, SANITATION. Sanitation is a big issue in Beijing, as they are producing 16 hundred
tons of waste a day. In Beijing they are very worried about how much waste they are producing
this is shown as they have created public toilets for only one person at a time. Officials are also
collecting waste from the toilets every half hour as the so many people using them. In Beijing
they have a very bad toilet sanitation problem which is costing them $57 million to fix.
AND THE LAST BUT THE LEAST THE OVERPOPULATION IN BEIJING. The current number of
residences in Beijing has reached nearly 20 million, and experts concern that the city is on the
verge of an over-population crisis the number of permanent residents in the metropolis had
reached 19.7 million, among which 12.4 million possessed the registered residence (hu kou);
while the remaining 7.2 million did not obtain the hu kou for the fact that they were living in
the city for a little over half a year. Besides, the rate of family migration from other cities to
Beijing is increasing every year. When talking about the reasons for the city’s overpopulation,
Xia Xueluan, a sociology professor from Peking University told the Global Times that the main
reason was the migration of the population from other cities.

That’s the five main problems encounter in Beijing, China. On behalf of our group. Have a good
day and thank you.