The little trading post that derived its name from the native kasigui tree has now fallen far from its heyday as the go-to"town" for people in the district.
Nostalgia is now fuelling a social media campaign to save what is left of the trading post, which has been earmarked for demolition to make way for a proposed road expansion. Ye said, however, that four of the trees were not in good health as their roots had limited space to spread."The area for the rain trees is just too tight for their survival over several more decades.
Ye, 60, said his grandparents owned a grocery shop in an old wooden double-storey shophouse block that burned down in the 1980s.
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