Dream Scattering/ Entrance of memories
2009年,大埔運頭里一棵130歲的木棉古樹被砍,堪稱「大埔一號」的全港最大木棉樹王,疑因樹根遭真菌侵蝕,經連月搶救無效後,昨慘遭分屍」被砍掉。有環保團體指該棵百年古樹兩年前仍然健康,有大埔區居民質疑是部門失職、護樹不力所致,更怒斥當局未經諮詢便在一日內摧毀他們的集體回憶,要求交代,亦有網民在FaceBook設專頁悼念這棵陪伴大埔學生及居民古樹。
In 2009, a 130-year-old ceiba tree at Wan Tou Lane, Taipo, recognised as the largest of its kind in Hong Kong named “No. 1 at Taipo”, was chopped down. Seemingly it was attributable to the corrosion by fungi despite the rescue to the tree, which ended up ineffective and taken out by having it shattered into pieces. Environmental groups pointed out the over-a-hundred-year-old tree was still healthy over the past 2 years, compared to by then. Some Taipo residents doubted that if the relevant department had not fell short of its performance of its duties and its protection to the tree. This group of people was even furious that the authority had destroyed their collective memory in a single day without any consultation made in advance and demanded an explanation. By then, there were people setting up a page on Facebook to express condolences to the tree, echoing the old tree as such a company to the students and residents at Taipo.