TY - JOUR T1 - Transplanting Two Champion Specimens of Mature Chinese Banyans JF - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) JO - JOA SP - 289 LP - 295 DO - 10.48044/jauf.1995.047 VL - 21 IS - 6 AU - C.Y. Jim Y1 - 1995/11/01 UR - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/21/6/289.abstract N2 - Recent expansion of a urban-situated racecourse in Hong Kong proposed felling two champion specimens of mature Chinese Banyans (Ficus microcarpa). In response to public outcry, they were transplanted at great cost to a nearby site. The arboricultural-cum-engineering measures used to move the large trees, an unprecedented operation locally, are explained. The hydraulic approach conveying the trees held in 8 m diameter steel containers running on rails was workable but expensive. The impacts on the trees, and implications on the community’s attitude towards trees and their welfare, are discussed. ER -