For Hong Kong arborists, tree-climbing event at country park a rare opportunity to train up high

In a rare opportunity for Hong Kong arborists and the public, a country park on Sunday allowed them to climb trees, prompting fresh calls to allow the practitioners to train at government-run areas. More than 2,000 people hovered over tree tents and zip lines in Shing Mun Country Park at a two-day public tree event co-organised by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the International Society for Arboriculture, whose Hong Kong chapter oversees the profession in the city....