We’ll be pulling together photos sent in by BUZZ readers. Today, a collection from Chris Davis, who comments:
The clean-up has to start somewhere
There is a bigger story here. Before government departments decided the barrier land space between the road and the houses along Sai Kung Road, which served as a noise and pollution barrier should have all the vegetation cut down and the trees either cut down or pruned so closely to the trunks it was like Long Hair’s haircut when he was sent to prison, the trees dispersed the wind.
However, with many of the trees cut down, those that are (were) left faced the full brunt of the wind, which they are/were unable to sustain. The horrible anemic-poo coloured plastic fencing that now encloses what is effectively a completely barren wasteland, is a far cry from the diverse plants and trees that used to inhabit the area. Sadly with the vegetation went the butterflies and various insects that birds fed on, although the birds never seemed to have an appetite ravenous enough to keep the caterpillars from gorging themselves on my lettuce and herbs. But it was a price worth paying simply to see the wonderfully rich diversity of wildlife.
Pleas to think again about cutting down the trees, not surprisingly, went unheeded.
Fallen tree cuts through water main near Sai Kung District Rural Committee office, close to the Temple car park.
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