'They're all gone now': Man's overgrown garden in Jurong HDB flat trimmed by town council

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Singapore has a reputation for being a garden city, but perhaps this isn't quite what the city planners envisioned. One particular HDB flat in Jurong West has been an attention-grabbing sight for years, due to the massively overgrown and unruly plants growing out of the unit's windows. The owner of the ninth-floor unit, surnamed Jiang, told Shin Min Daily News...

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. This 72-year-old started his plant collection then which slowly evolved into a mini 'forest' over the years. A reporter from Shin Min who visited the site after the pruning was done noticed that the exterior walls of the unit were stained, and that some of the paint had peeled off. Jiang later admitted to the reporter that he was heartbroken when the authorities turned up to prune his beloved plants, but he didn't object as he did not want to start a conflict.

 

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