The Leisure & Cultural Services Department today removed a lebbeck tree in Shek Kip Mei Park to ensure public safety.

Listed on the Register of Old & Valuable Trees with the registration number SSP/13, the tree was on a slope near the car park of Shek Kip Mei Park (Phase 3).

Two major branches were torn off in the last two typhoons and the main trunk and tree base was also damaged. Cables were used to stabilise the tree but it has deteriorated to an unsafe level.

The department has removed three trees on the old and valuable trees register since August 27. The other two were the coral tree in San Po Kong and the lebbeck tree in Kowloon Park.