To reduce urban heat, Perak govt to plant 2,590 trees in Ipoh by year-end
Perak State Tourism Committee chairman Tan Kar Hing is pictured during a tree-planting exercise on Concubine Lane, Ipoh March 21, 2019. — Picture by Farhan Najib
For a start, 90 trees will be planted in phase one of the exercise that will eventually see a total of 2,590 trees planted in a 2km radius covering Ipoh Old and New Town and also DR Seenivasagam Recreational Park. “The trees are all sponsored,” he said, adding the 90 trees planted today were sponsored by philanthropist Foo Wan Thot.
“Besides greening the city, the effort would also reduce urban heat,” he said, adding that the trees have already matured and will be able to provide shade.
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