The government has promised to preserve the old tree in the Shek Tsai Ling Garden on the original site, and the tree canopy ring team promotes the arrest

District 18 News

Written by: District Licheng

2021-01-25 17:21

Last update date: 2021-01-25 17:21

Construction of the Kwu Tung North and Fanling North New Development Areas is underway, but the trees within the construction site have been exposed and damaged.

Environmental Sense said today (25th) that there are more than a dozen century-old trees in the Shek Tsai Ling Garden. Although the government publicly promised to preserve 15 of them at the original site the previous year, some members visited the local area last week and found that some locations have started. Three trees have been destroyed and are suspected to be related to the developer, but so far, it has not been determined who the "murderer" is.

Environmental protection means that we have been striving to retain the precious trees in the Northeast New Territories Development Zone on the original site. In 2019, we obtained the commitment from the Development Bureau and the Civil Engineering and Development Department to retain 15 large trees in the Shek Tsai Ling Garden with ages of 50 to 100 years. During a field visit in Zhou, it was revealed that construction has started on part of the site. Among them, 3 trees have been destroyed, two of which have been cut off vertically, and the other old tree was erected by the Civil Engineering and Development Department and its contractor The hoardings crushed part of the roots; and the stone pontoons supporting the hoardings also compacted the nearby soil on a large scale, affecting the roots of the trees. They believed that the practice ignored the health of the trees and the contractor did not set up tree protection zones, which is also a violation of the guidelines.

Suggest 7 solutions to preserve the trees involved

In response to the environmental protection problem, the authorities urged the authorities to investigate who was the "murderer" who destroyed the ancient trees, to hold them accountable and to review the management of the trees on the site, and immediately remove the big rocks and iron fences that hold down the roots of the trees.

In addition, the organization also urges the Development Bureau to coordinate with various government departments to carefully design the layout of buildings, schools and buildings before selling land and allocating land to various departments, so as to avoid all the trees planned to be reserved. In the future, there is no need to "cut old trees and plant new trees" for trees in open space.

The organization suggested that the authorities should entrust an arborist to formulate a care plan for trees with health problems, study minor adjustments to the road alignment to avoid the trees, and set up "trees with a diameter equal to at least three times the diameter of the canopy" around all the trees planned to be preserved. Protective belt".

Environmental Sense is surprised and angry at the destruction of the trees involved, saying that it has asked the Development Bureau and the Civil Engineering and Development Department to explain the incident and follow-up protective measures. It also urges the developer Henderson Land to investigate whether the contractor violated the regulations and in the incident Whether the supervision is weak.

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