"gasing hill" had its share of publicity. I remembered years ago, certain business man wanted to develop the area, leaving lesser and lesser of the precious green lung. It was really nice to see a group of volunteers, working on their own free will, worked their heart out to make it a more beautiful place. Most of the volunteers were the people who use the Bukit Gasing Educational Forest and the nearby residents.
The good efforts started about a year ago, when the place really in dire needs of work to be done after the landslide that had created a mess.
Foong and other volunteers started clearing the shrubs at the entrance, located on Jalan 5/4, and people started contributing money to put in a reflexology path.
For everyone: Volunteers and park users have chipped in to lay 318 pieces of reflexology slabs along the entrance to the Bukit Gasing Recreational Forest.Another volunteer, Section 9 resident Francis Cheong, said that about 200 people donated to the project including Friends of Bukit Gasing, Section 5 Residents’ Association and joggers who frequent the park.
“In most parks, you would only get a short stretch of the reflexology path but here we have 318 pieces of the 1ft by 2ft stone slabs,” said Cheong.
He said that many people enjoyed walking on the stoned path for better health.
Before: The entrance to Bukit Gasing was previously filled with undergrowth.Foong said that they had also put up benches made from discarded wood for people who just wanted to sit down and enjoy the greenery.
They have even built miniature bridges across small streams complete with toy cars “crossing” the structures. At the entrance, visitors are greeted by a colourful structure that resembles the Great Wall of China.
About five volunteers would be working at the entrance every morning to keep the area tidy.
Colourful: This miniature structure resembles the Great Wall of China and the volunteers built it to add some colour to the entrance.Bukit Gasing assemblyman Edward Lee, who visited the site with the volunteers, said that it was a good initiative for users of the park to contribute back by beautifying the area.
Foong said that they hoped to have more people helping out with the daily maintenance of the area especially with the weeding and cutting of the grass.
“We also hope to have water supply here to make it easier for us to water the plants,” said Foong.
These are the sort of works that make the different to the surrounding environment. The more we have them the better. So we hope "gasing hill" will remain with its green trees, and please do not let those with oversize greed to tear up the place
Extracted from the star (malaysia)
