30 July 2021
Lions Club of Perak Silver and Ipoh City Watch will be collaborating with Ipoh City Council to plant Two Merawan Siput (Hopea Odorata) trees within the compound of Dewan Komuniti Pasir Pinji, Jln Sultan, Pasir Pinji to replace 2 trees which have fallen due to strong wind in April 2021.
This is an environmental project by the club to assist the Ipoh City Council to achieve the planting 1,500 trees in Ipoh by end of 2021. Under the slogan "Green Our Earth Save Our Future Generations, the project hopes to create awareness to the public on the importance of planting trees to increase carbon sequestration, reduce earth temperature and improve air quality.
Mooted by Clr. Dr. Richard Ng, who is also the Ipoh City Councillor for Zone 14 Pasir Pinji, he wanted to make Pasir Pinji a low carbon zone by planting more trees. He hope that the people will support this effort so as to preserve our environment and help reduce carbon emission which have great impact on Climate Change by 2050.
The trees supplied by the Landscape Department are called Hopea Odorata or Merawan Siput, which is a native tree grown in Malaysian forest. It can grow up to 35m and able to absorb more than 4,600 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
This is tree number 23 and 24 respectively planted by Clr Dr. Richard Ng and Tuan SM Ramlee Bin Isa.
