Seed collector travels to Germany to learn tree-climbing

SEGAMAT: Seed collector Azamuddin Kassan , 54, who is with the Johor Forestry Department went all the way to Germany to strengthen his tree-climbing skills."I was in Europe for a year to attend a tree-climbing and seed procurement course at the Deutsche Gesellschaft for Technische Zusammenarbeit in 1995 to attend climbing courses and seed procurement,” he said.

Azamuddin, who has served in the Forestry Department for 28 years and is tasked with collecting the seeds of the cengal, keruing, kelat and meranti trees, also express the hope to be given the opportunity to demonstrate his skills before the Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar one day.

"Even with 20 years of experience, and attending a course in Germany to master the skills, I still have to make preparations for today's programme by practising almost every day for a week," he added. Apart from the tree-climbing performance by Azamuddin, Tunku Ismail also witnessed a silat performance by the Segamat chapter of the Pertubuhan Silat Seni Gayung Malaysia Kebangsaan before presenting contributions to the poor in the district.

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