Apa ni?
It seems that a team of not-so-smart horticulturalists/urban de-planners have decided to provide an unfortunately unprofessional pollard* towards this unfortunate Lagerstroemia speciosa specimen, located in the Middle Class compounds of Bandar Utama 4, where the author of UGLY MALAYSIA is currently residing**.
According to landscape architect Ng Sek San:
"Pollarding is a temperate climate practise.....to clear the trees to allow for more winter light to reach the ground. this
is tropical malaysia n we dont need any more sunlight to reach the
ground...it is fucking hot enough already....pollarding has got no place
here as far as i am concern"
This TRULY UGLY practice happens all the time in
Subang Jaya SS13. The angsanas would take half a year for their leaves and branches to
grow out and resemble a tree (less like some strange multiple-armed
creature holding pom-poms...).
Heartbreaking sight...
ATTENTION DBKL/MPSJ/MPPJ
PLEASE LEARN SOME GOOD THINGS
FROM SINGAPORE:
FROM SINGAPORE:
Photo from Ng Sek San, of Angsana Trees being pollarded "properly", near a HDB.
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*POLLARD Verb: Cut off the top and branches of (a tree) to encourage new growth at the top. /
Noun: A tree whose top and branches have been cut off for this reason.
**[ROOM RENTAL RM325 EXCL. STREAMYX AND UTILITIES,
IN BANDAR UTAMA WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO IKEA
SO YOU CAN GET THE 99 SEN BREAKFAST WITHOUT
THE MORNING STRESS OF HAVING TO DRIVE.
.
LEAVE A COMMENT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED
BECAUSE THE TASTEFULLY WHITE-WASHED ROOM
WILL SOON BE VACANT.]
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