Hundred trees to be planted for every one cut in KL, says PM

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A hundred trees must be planted for every one cut in Kuala Lumpur, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.  In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday (May 15), he said this order was given to the Kuala Lumpur Mayor.  Read more at  https://tinyurl.com/ycxs2h6c  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that a hundred trees must be planted for every

00:06 one cut in Kuala Lumpur.

00:08 In a post on X on Wednesday, Anwar said this order was given to the Kuala Lumpur mayor.

00:14 Kuala Lumpur City Hall or DBKL said certified arborists had identified 28 trees in the city

00:20 as high-risk which would be felled soon.

00:22 A total of 175 trees have been identified as high-risk, where most of the trees exceed

00:28 50 years old.

00:30 Out of this number, 147 trees have been felled.

00:35 This comes after storms uprooted several trees in the city, the latest of which happened

00:39 in Jalan Pinang on Monday.

00:41 No one was hurt in this incident.

00:43 Earlier on May 7, another huge tree toppled on Jalan Sultan Ismail during a storm, killing

00:49 one person and injuring two others.

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