Transport Minister taking buses and MRT

From: Superbee
Subject: Re: Transport Minister taking buses and MRT
On May 30, 5:06 pm, asdf asdf wrote:

> Are you impressed? lol, stop all these silliness, fire SMRT CEO

extracted from website:

PAP's Lui Tuck Yew and his now infamous tree-and-mushroom story:

Mr Lui also told supporters a story about a village which was
sheltered by special tall trees which protected it from storms. Yet
the villagers were tempted by mushrooms which spouted only every five
years.

He said: "The villagers asked, 'Are these mushrooms any good? They are
so pretty. Shall we remove some of these tall trees and allow the wild
mushrooms to grow?' And so the wise old man told them that these
mushrooms may look pretty but some of them are poisonous, and 'if you
associate too closely with them, these wild mushrooms will weaken us,
stunt our growth, and retard our development. Leave them alone,
protect the trees, these trees are special trees'."

website's comment:

But I thought mushrooms like to grow on dead or dying trees?