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  Straits Times 18 Jul 07
Spare bodhi tree that's 100 years old
Letter from Ng Siek Moi (Mdm)

Straits Times 11 Apr 07
Save our only 100-year-old bodhi tree
Letter from Ng Siek Moi (Mdm)

I REFER to the letter by Chong Chin Onn (ST, April 6), about sparing a tree. (Spare a tree and I will give up my car Letter from Chong Chin Onn Straits Times 6 Apr 07)

I fully agree with him.

Being an environmentally friendly country, I think our Government should do its part to try to save this only one 100-year-old bodhi tree located at Jin Long Si Temple.

Years of cutting down big and small trees for development have caused the temperature in our garden country to increase each year.

A few years back, a contractor accidentally chopped down a big tree at Changi. Although the contractor or company was penalised, the damage had been done.

Do we wait another 100 years to see such a rare tree in Singapore?

Straits Times 18 Jul 07
Spare bodhi tree that's 100 years old
Letter from Ng Siek Moi (Mdm)

I REFER to the cutting down of the 80-year-old Angsana tree standing in the middle of Braddell Road. It saddened me that yet another tree had to go.

However, I understand the need to safeguard motorists.

But what about the 100-year-old bodhi tree situated at Jin Long Si temple? I don't think it poses any danger to motorists, nor does it require a large amount of money to keep it.

I hope the authorities will reconsider cutting down our last 100-year-old tree.
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