Flashback #Star50: Trees have a special place in Taiping

Pride of the people: A front-page report by ‘The Star’ in 2012 about Taiping folk celebrating after the municipal council called off plans to set up kiosks near the raintrees at Taiping Lake Gardens.

EVERY now and then, a tree will make the headlines in Perak. From the raintrees in Taiping Lake Gardens to the one in Ipoh where a group of Yang Berhormat held their state assembly meeting in 2009, it is a topic that generates much public attention.