Members Night (Saturday 10 October 1998)
Ms. Ito Kaori gave a talk cum slide show on the Multi-Storied Forest Management Project which is a co-operative project between Japan and the Perak State Forestry Department. She is a JICA expert volunteer attached to the Ipoh Office of the Forestry Department. Using an LCD projector and a laptop she explained that the project has been experimenting on various planting techniques and forest tree species, especially dipterocarpus. After the talk Chairman Cheaw Hon Ming showed some slides of interesting jungle plants and natural scenery found in the forests and hills around Ipoh – orchids, gesneriads and the vegetation on Gunung Suluh, Tanjung Rambutan.
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