HONG KONG: Palm trees along the Kowloon waterfront here were saved from New Year’s vandals by protective “condoms” fitted to their trunks, officials said yesterday.
The novel measure of wrapping dozens of trees and sculptures along the waterfront in transparent plastic was taken after a spate of attacks by graffiti artists on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
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