The Conservancy Association was shocked by the mass tree murder in Tai Lam Country Park on 13 July 2005. We condemned the barbaric act committed by the tree murderer.

The crime scene was at Tai Tong Shan Road inside Tai Lam Country Park. The murdered trees, consist of 10 species, were planted along a 1km forest track. Most of them were sweet gum, others include acacia, Chinese gugertree and pine.

The Conservancy Association delivered petition letters to the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau and Legco, urging the Administration to arrest the murderer as soon as possible. The Government should also enact a tree ordinance in the long run. Legislator Martin Lee, Wong Kwok-hing and Patrick Lau supported our cause.

The Association is of the views that the cutting of near 200 trees is a blatant breach of law and an affront to the Administration’s conservation works. Such crime is not condonable and the authorities concerned should take action now.