Unfortunately, the builder used the middle of the old tree to define the boundary of the site, and then put in a brick wall, paved around the tree, and started to dig a foundation (cutting its roots in the process).
糟的是，建地界址剛好在老樹中間，對方以老樹中線為準，圍上磚牆、樹池鋪成泥地，接著挖地基，把老樹根系剷去了一半。