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Maryknoll leaning ghost tree 'beyond saving'

 


THE 20-metre “ghost tree” of Maryknoll Convent School will be cut down, as it is beyond saving after botched drainage work, the school said.But at least 2,500 concerned students and alumni have joined a second Facebook campaign to save the Norfolk Island pine, which has been standing inside the school’s Kowloon Tong campus for more than half a century. The tree faced removal last July as it was leaning slightly, and was considered a threat to students and traffic. The school agreed to keep it after some 1,000 current and former students and netizens joined a Facebook campaign to save the tree.But now, school management said its main roots have been severely and irreparably damaged by the contractor after recent drainage renovation work. The tree would be prone to collapse...

Family affair

This year, Valentine’s Day occurs on the fi rst day of Chinese New Year. If you are in love, you may face a dilemma. But if you are single, this may come as a relief. Kin-on Luk finds out why.If you are in love...You may face a dilemma in the upcoming Chinese New Year because it is also on the same day as Valentine’s Day. But is it necessarily a dilemma? It depends on how you handle it...
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"HOLD on tight and we won’t get wet,” said Mr Glop. “Swim if you do fall off though and follow the fish.” At the speed of a galloping horse, the fish moved straight towards the waterfall as if it had found the freedom of the open sea in a small window of water and light.It was after all a fish with a horse telling it what to do just as a man might tell a horse what to ...

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