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Passionfruit plants that were grown by Ms Louisa Tan's father, about a year before they were chopped off by the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council following a neighbour's complaint.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF LOUISA TAN

Toh Ting Wei

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SINGAPORE - Marketing manager Louisa Tan, 33, was taken aback last month when she found three of her father's grape and passionfruit plants outside their Housing Board flat chopped to small stumps.
A resident living in their Serangoon estate had complained that the plants' leaves were going into his home, prompting warnings from the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC).
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