Tree monitoring: An arborist conducting scheduled routine inspection on old trees in Pulau Tikus. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
The scrutiny on tree management followed an incident on Sunday, where a mother and her young son narrowly missed being crushed to death by a falling tree along Jalan Macalister, a road in the city famed for being lined with large shady trees. “I expect both councils to send me a complete report by this week,” he told reporters after the launch of the Sungai Nibong Bus Terminal upgrading project here yesterday.