Feet of the Five Trees

The title above would be the literal translation of "gor zhang chiu kar", the name of the five transplanted trees, or rather that of their predecessors at Esplanade Park. But Nparks went with the milder sounding "under the shade of five trees.

One of the five Angsana trees. Average girth of the five: 1.48 m (diameter 0.477 m)

Screengrab from Nparks Youtube showing Raintree being transplanted. Went quite viral.

As explained in this signage, that Raintree was one of the eight being transplanted around Victoria Concert Hall. The Raffles statue was of course wrapped up and protected from possible damage.

One of the eight Raintree at its transplanted pit.

 

Wooden decking installed over the pit.

 Held up by metal struts due to the lean.

Interface between a strut and one of the major branch.

Bravo, even the arboriculture consultant is listed on the "project mainboard".