Pine trees along SS18/5

[ksj_cool]

The MPSJ chopped down the pine trees along SS18/5F some months ago. Now the whole stretch of road which was looking so green and cooling is barren with only trunk stumps sticking out! I sent an e-mail to our assembly man urging him to save the trees but it was all in vein. I also made a compliant in the MPSJ website about this but there was no response.

This is how much our local council and leaders care for the enviroment we live in!There was no reason to chop the trees down. Even if it was causing disruptions to power supply, the trees could have been trimmed and left alone..why chop them down? Can someone throw some light on this matter and when his MPSJ return the lsot greenery along SS18/5 and Jalan Kewajipan?

[kennykang]

Do you know why they are chopping down all the trees in Subang Jaya? I've this answer for you, ksj_cool. Maybe, it's due to this wireless broadband thing that Maxis, Tmnet and now Jaring are promoting! Those bladi tall trees are obstructing their wireless transmission. :rolleyes: Sorry, joking only. :D In my opinion, those pine trees are not really suitable in our township. The branches break easily especially during heavy rain and the fallen leaves are quite messy. I've seen the rotten branches fell on 5 cars this year in USJ 2 areas alone! I would prefer the local council replace them with Flame of Forest which are hardly seen nowadays.

[flaminJ]

Very very good idea... flame of the forest or raintrees...

[jand]

odd to know that we see many more palms than trees from the rainforest.
guess municipal councils have decided that palms require less trimming and are cutting back budgets for tree maintenance.

[Chia Hak Soon]

Hi, I have been living in Subang Jaya since 1985 and now USJ. The trees that are planted are designed to be replaced every 3 months , if not their budget is not expensed. Originally the then Subang Jaya boast of a very well planned township , and those days the township is in the path of the Airplane landing in Subang Airport.

To lure buyers the developer offered T.V. , Fridge and Air-cond and proudly declared that Angsana, Raintree and Casuariana Trees are planted. So it was done. When the MPPJ left and MPSJ came the trees are replaced with shrubs, Palm trees and now concrete road divider. In Section 19, near Shell
there are decorative Pots with Bouganvilla plants, now that is left of Mr. Fuad's term and of course the millenium square.

Today we are very lucky to have a very efficient Council that beautify the town every 3 months and the opportunity to witness new species of plants.

Our kawasan Lampang is no more and our playground are to be developed sooner or later. So my friend if you want to buy a house in Subang Jaya, you are welcome it is very exciting as thing changes very fast.

What use to be Low Cost Flats are tranformed into meduim cost Court 1,2, 3
If your house is facing a playground or empty land, be careful plans are being submitted for proposed Petrol kiosks, Hawker Centre etc.

I hear that they are cosidering a hawker cum walkway streching from the railway station to section 14 subang jaya.

Anyway, this is development and luckilly we have usj.com.my to arouse the community to protest, many thanks to the hawked eye founders who always prompted the community of any new development other then originally planned.

[ksj_cool]

I really hope the replant those trees !!! Being a nature lover myself I really love those pine trees.. whatever happened to the 'Kempen menanam pokok' which was launched by our ex-pm. Has this campaign been abandoned ?
By the way MPPJ has planted some trees in the Sunway Mentari area.

[drewkool]

If your house is facing a playground or empty land, be careful plans are being submitted for proposed Petrol kiosks, Hawker Centre etc.

nice one... true...


I really hope the replant those trees !!! Being a nature lover myself I really love those pine trees.. whatever happened to the 'Kempen menanam pokok' which was launched by our ex-pm. Has this campaign been abandoned ?

it needs 10 years to grow the trees & u wait some 10 years to have the trees grown taller so u'd get a better cooling environment.

AND it needs few days chopping off the well-grown trees.
:(

[ksj_cool]

Its so easy to chop...i really miss those pine trees.....they really made the area look cool ....there are still a couple of trees left further up the road...i don't know why they spared them...maybe the house owners asked them to leave the trees alone.

[kennykang]

Its so easy to chop...i really miss those pine trees.....they really made the area look cool ....there are still a couple of trees left further up the road...i don't know why they spared them...maybe the house owners asked them to leave the trees alone.

Don't be too sure. Those remaining trees won't be there for long. Since Christmas is coming they will be chopped down soon and ended in someone's house as Christmas tree decoration! :D Maybe this one of the reason why those trees disappeared as Ksj_cool lamented earlier. :rolleyes: On a serious note, I think MPSJ should consider replanting with more mango trees too and "pajak" (is this the right word?) to private companies who will maintain the trees and harvest the fruits. Win-win situation for everyone. MPSJ gets an income and we residents can buy the fruits at special price. No stealing please, we are "honest" citizens of Subang Jaya. :D

[ksj_cool]

Mr kanny, you may be right on that..especially when the artificial christmas trees are sold at ridiculous prices! :D About your win-win plan to get MPSJ plant mango trees..i don't think it is so workable. When MPSJ just can't manage the work of trimming trees, how are they going to maintain mango trees which need ferterlizing and a lot of attention :D

[Alexius Lim]

While we wait.... and wait, and wait... for MPSJ to replant the trees... does anyone know where we can get cheap tree saplings or fruit tree saplings to plant ourselves... :)

Guess instead of complaining and grumbling, maybe we could be pro-active and plant the trees ourselves. My neighbours and I are planning to line our stretch of street with fruit trees saplings... hopefully we can get it done by year end or before CNY... :)

[ksj_cool]

Good idea, we should all be responsible to safeguard and to improve the environment around us. I will volunteer to be part of any community grouping in my area to plant trees or to beautify the area in any other way. I just bought a house and moved in here and I do not know much about the resident associations in my area. Still waiting for someone to drop a newletter in my post box ! :)

[Alexius Lim]

hello.... does anybody here (anyone?) knows where we can get saplings (trees/fruit trees) cheap... would be better if we could get them free.... :p

[jessi24]

Dear people of USJ, just a suggestion.Before planting trees kindly ensure you get the kind of trees whereby the roots grow right down and not branch out or we can say bye bye to the drains and fences.

[cskok8]

Hold on folks, if you get the saplings cheaply, and work for free planting them, then how is MPSJ going to spend their landscaping budget? If they do not finish spending it, how to stimulate the economy? I think we should plant some nice imported artificial palm trees. No need to worry about roots breaking up our drains and roads, leafs littering our roads or branches falling onto cars. I know a very good, very reliable and trustworthy contractor to supply them. :D

[Alexius Lim]

Hold on folks, if you get the saplings cheaply, and work for free planting them, then how is MPSJ going to spend their landscaping budget? I know a very good, very reliable and trustworthy contractor to supply them. :D

Its not that we want to do MPSJ work for them but while we wait, and grumble, and face red tape... isn't it a good idea that we do community work and keep our own place green?
Btw, who's the contractor... contact please... thanks

[Alexius Lim]

Btw... half the time MPSJ is blowing their budget on silly projects :D. So where got budget to plant trees.... :p

[cskok8]

For the nice imported artificial palm trees you mean. Try abaB ilA Sdn Bhd. ;)

[ksj_cool]

Somebody wrote that the contractor had given an undertakint to SS17/18 residents who protested all the pines lost due to construction of the flyover would be replaced. Now that construction is nearing completion, I wonder whether they will keep their promise? ;)

[kelvinwkw]

Those Pine tree goes to Double A... :D
Making Double quality papers...

Hahaha just kidding... I like green trees also...
Plant them back...

[ryan80]

The MPSJ chopped down the pine trees along SS18/5F some months ago. Now the whole stretch of road which was looking so green and cooling is barren with only trunk stumps sticking out! I sent an e-mail to our assembly man urging him to save the trees but it was all in vein. I also made a compliant in the MPSJ website about this but there was no response.

This is how much our local council and leaders care for the enviroment we live in!There was no reason to chop the trees down. Even if it was causing disruptions to power supply, the trees could have been trimmed and left alone..why chop them down? Can someone throw some light on this matter and when his MPSJ return the lsot greenery along SS18/5 and Jalan Kewajipan

No reason to cut trees? hello!
they cut trees for a reason. pine trees are prone to breaking due to wind and storm.
so if u complain that they chop off the trees and now the whole stretch of ss18 looks barren... have u ever put in a thought whether u'd complain if they dont chop down/trim the trees and the branches break and causes accidents?

just my 2 cents

[ksj_cool]

I will go with you on that argument that falling branches causes accidents but there are trees everywhere and a branches could break from any tree on the roads not just the ones along SS18/5. Think positive, an accident could act anywhere, anyhow not only by falling tree branches. It may be a bit of a bother sometimes causing traffic jams but that is no good reason to chop trees.

Two trees survived the brutal assault by MPSJ and the trees are fine, the branches were trimmed and its not causing any problems. Now my question is if you found it fit to just trim these two trees why could'nt you have done the to the others?

[ryan80]

i think they trim the trees in USJ 2/5 area and Jalan Kewajipan as well. FYI.

u said an accident could act anywhere and not just by falling tree branches.... yes, but they do what they can (i.e. triming trees) to prevent accidents from happening.. prevention better than cure.

trimming wont normally cause trees to die.. but i have to admit that MPSJ's way to trim the whole tree botak is a lil too much.

my car used to be hit by fallen branches before and i know how bad it can be.. i was lucky not to be in the car at the time the accident happen, or else i might not have survived.

[ksj_cool]

I have been in worst accicent, ryan ..back in 99 a big tree just smashed into my car. I was five minutes away from getting into the car, apparently my friend's call saved me! The tree was located outside my office compund, it came down and smashed into my office fence and my car. So take it from me, if you are fated to die then you would any way...

[ryan80]

I have been in worst accicent, ryan ..back in 99 a big tree just smashed into my car. I was five minutes away from getting into the car, apparently my friend's call saved me! The tree was located outside my office compund, it came down and smashed into my office fence and my car. So take it from me, if you are fated to die then you would any way...
lucky u.
that's why my side of argument that trees must be trimmed to avoid all these. imagine someone not as lucky as you..and MPSJ might be sued for not trimming trees at that time :P

[ksj_cool]

ryan - trim, yes of course by all means but don't chop!!! The beauty of Subang Jaya was those pines - now there are none..are they going to replant?

[ryan80]

yeah i think i my previous post i agreed that they should trim and not chop too

dont think they have any plans to replant yet.. since they have not done anything to date.

maybe some genius will come out with artificial trees so that they dont have to trim and cut.. hehe.. hideous fake trees on the way!