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Archive of Stories

 

Make Lamma Fun Day a Huge Success! - Oct 30

Volunteers Needed!
Saturday 24th November.

Only Half the Man I Used to Be - Oct 29

Finally, here's an index of ALL the major stories published about my 175-pound weight loss.

Reporting Your UBWs?
Oct 28

Should you report your "Unauthorised Building Works" and illegal rooftop structures?

Looking for HD TV Channels?
Oct 27

"Anyone know the options available on Lamma these days for satellite TV?"

My Lamma Calendar Photos
Oct 26

Many thanks to all photographers submitting their best Lamma shots for the Lamma Calendar!

My Weight Loss Book - Oct 25

When was the last time your doctor made your day, giving you such good news that you've felt great and upbeat for days?

Latest Lamma News - Oct 24

New ferry for YSW-Central route

Repainting the YSW Tin Hau Temple.

Breast Cancer Awareness Walk - Oct 23

Our (cheer)leaders, Sallie & Vicky (many thanks!) enjoying a rest on the famous, newly renovated....

Poets Laureate of
Lamma- zine
- Oct 22

"ODE/PLEA TO LAMMA DOG OWNERS: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GET 'EM TO DO IT..."

Round Lamma Race - Oct 21

Another Round Lamma race is happening today, organised by the LOCC. I've been following them all around Lamma....

Clockenflapping @ Dec 1/2
Oct 20

Vision - Line Up - Music - Art - Film - Food - Facebook - Tickets

How Much Per Square Foot?
Oct 19
Square Foot Magazine: Pressure Points: "Forget the cheap rents. The hippie haven is fast...."

Sofa Taxi Service - Oct 18

A brand-new open-top taxi service has just opened up for North Lamma residents. This very cozy'n'comfy-looking VV....

Slippers, Ovaltine & Viagra
Oct 17

A spitting image of Dan the Bastard, wouldn't you agree?
By Harry Harrison, of course.

Memorial Lighthouse?
Oct 16

Ideas for a memorial at or above the crash site of the Lamma Ferry Disaster have been floated.

Trig Point Family - Oct 15

Life is slowly returning to normal on Lamma, people reverting to their former, comfortable routines and sleeping patterns.

Goodbye, Lamma IV - Oct 14

Photos by our Pak Kok Senior Correspondent.

'Do You Feel Disturbed?'
Oct 13

Have you ever been invited to an event and then were the ONLY one actually showing up?

'An Even Closer Neighbour'
Oct 12

© SCMP, Oct 12, 2012 - Click above to read the entire story, including an interview with....

Live Visitor Traffic of Lamma.com.hk - Oct 11

"FEEDJIT Live shows what is happening on your blog or website right now."

Baroque on Lamma Stakeholder Workshop
Oct 10
"... participate in a Lamma envisioning exercise."

'Life, Death, and Lamma Island' - Oct 9

View a collection of stories from the last 7 days - news, blogs, web and videos.

Religious Condolences Ceremony - Oct 8

"Date: 10 October, 2012 (Wed)
Time:
7:00 p.m.
Venue: Yung Shue Wan Pier"

Open Day @ Banyan House
Oct 7

"Please pop by and enjoy a morning of craft-making, Lynne’s oral storytelling,..."

After the Tragedy... - Oct 6

"After Lamma Ferry Crash, how do you feel?

After the tragedy, what can you do?"

Are You an Eyewitness?
Oct 5

"Police appeal for information -
Vessel collision off Lamma Island 2012-10-01"

Online Condolence Book
Oct 4

Following the 3-day official mourning period set up by the HK Govt. starting today, Oct 4-6, ...

Additional Floors on Central Piers - Oct 3

"A Facelift for Central Piers Nos. 4, 5 and 6"

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Oct 30:  Make Lamma Fun Day a Huge Success!

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Oct 29:  Only Half the Man I Used to Be

Finally, here's a proper index of ALL the major Lamma-zine stories published about my 175-pound weight loss, in chronological order over the last 4.5 year since my initial weight loss surgery. I think (and hope) that some of these are the very best, silliest and most self-deprecating stories I've ever published, in my humble opinion, full of personal experiences, practical advice and loads of pictures. Definitely enough for a kind of free e-book. Any kind of feedback is, as always, most welcome and encouraged!

Here's a special index for all the Lamma-zine stories published over the last 4.5 years relating in a major way to my "weight loss journey":

Only Half the Man I Used to Be

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Oct 28:  Reporting Your UBWs?

Should you report your "Unauthorised Building Works" and illegal rooftop structures, if you own a flat in a Village House, or the entire house (lucky you)?

Here's a bit of (unqualified) advice, discussions, opinions, plus our own recent experiences: Rooftop structures.

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Oct 27:  Looking for HD TV Channels?

Katcalin has been asking for advice in our Discussions forum:

"Anyone know the options available on Lamma these days for satellite TV?"

So I gave her my two (or three) cents, detailing the best (and only) HD satellite option available on our island. We're still extremely limited in available TV options here, just a few SD channels, unlike most of HK which is spoilt for choice with hundreds of channels, many of them in High Definition.

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Oct 26:  My Lamma Calendar Photos

Many thanks to all photographers submitting their best Lamma shots for consideration in the Lamma Calendar 2013! The deadline has passed now and we've finally collected enough fine photos now, after quite a bit of poking and prodding, er, friendly persuasion. I even resorted to chasing for photos by threatening that we might have to fill up the Calendar with my amateur snapshots if we lack enough submissions. That dire threat got more last-minute photos coming in quickly.

Debbie as the wonderful & hard-working organiser/editor/producer/saleslady of the Calendar will make the final decisions about which photos to include. I hope that at least a single one of my shots might be selected, perhaps. Lamma.com.hk is sponsoring this Lamma Fun Day charity project, providing free marketing and advertising. Here are a few of my submitted photos, all taken in the last two years since the last Lamma Calendar has been published.

These photos are just for your reference and my own amusement, after spending so many hours to select them from my HUGE Lamma pictures archive. As almost all of my photos below are "rejects", left-overs from Debbie's rigid, top-quality selection process, I think we'll get a fantastic Lamma Calendar this year, featuring the very best of Lamma's legion of photographers!

P.S. If somebody's got experience with commercial stock photo websites and could advise me on how to get some of my best photos into worthwhile places,
I'd be very grateful.

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Oct 25:  My Weight Loss Book

When was the last time your doctor made your day, giving you such good news that you've felt great and elated upbeat for days afterwards? It happened to me last week in Queen Mary Hospital, during the routine, regular follow-up consultation with my wonderful weight loss surgeon, Dr. Chan. She was checking up on my still excellent, drug-free health, OK fitness and only very minor weight regain, keeping my BMI well below "obese". Some local acquaintances had even been hinting that I was "too skinny" before, during my maximum weight loss; and that I look better nowadays with just ten extra pounds. "Too skinny", me!!?

During our friendly chat she showed me a thick, 50+ pages, spiral-bound book containing ALL my weight loss-related Lamma-zine stories printed out, including all the many pictures! I was dumb-founded, the first time I had ever seen more than a single one of my 3,000+ Lamma-zine stories printed out on actual paper!

Dr. Chan had been asking me months ago for a testimonial of my weight loss experience to show to future potential patients, including testimonials in Chin. and English from a few other successful patients of hers. I gave her the link to the master index of all my weight loss stories - http://Lamma.com.hk/lose175 - and assumed that she might pick a quote or two from my 28 stories so far. Instead she collected ALL the complete stories, assembling them into a "super morbidly obese" Word file - like me before the weight loss - including all the pictures and links. Then she got it printed out as a single hardcopy to show to future potential weight loss surgery patients. Wow, I've been published!

Dr Chan has become the closest to a house doctor (and friend) I've had in decades, still keeping an eye on me 4.5 years post-surgery and referring me to other specialists whenever needed. As the most successful patient so far (biggest loser & best health improvement) of the newly established "Weight Control & Metabolic Surgery" team in QMH, have I become the poster boy and the teacher's pet? {*Big BLUSH!*}

This is the booklet cover her secretary created, including the Chinese titles:

To read the original blog version of this printed booklet:
Lamma.com.hk/lose175.

Should I publish these 50+ A4-sized illustrated pages as an e-book or even a self-published printed book? Lamma-Gung the Vanity Publisher? Would YOU or anybody you know ever be interested in such a book, digital or even a dead-tree version? Probably not, but if you might be, drop me an email.

Let me get started on a more attractive and colourful e-book cover....

And here's my just expanded, illustrated table of contents with lots more stories:

Only Half The Man I Used To Be

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Oct 24:  Latest Lamma News

Click for more details...

New ferry for YSW-Central route -- Repainting the YSW Tin Hau Temple.

New, updated Facebook gallery of gig posters, by Harry Harrison, most of them on Lamma over the last years:

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Oct 23 - Chung Yeung:  Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

Chung Yeung Holiday: Starting at the YSW Basketball Court... (click to enlarge)

Our (cheer)leaders, Sallie & Vicky (many thanks!)  enjoying a rest on the famous, newly renovated Snake Trail chairs - "Great mobile phone reception up here!"

Resident radio enthusiast hard at work, fixing his typhoon-damaged antennas.

Quite a bit of traffic in both directions on the Snake Trail - Returning at sunset, after a refreshing dip at the public Lo So Shing.

Graduate students at Lamma Winds - Wow, look at this overflowing fundraising box! - Zooming in on ... the cash raised, $120/walker, plus more donations.

Vicky Medcalf writes:

"Amazing turnout yesterday! Thank you everyone who was involved in the event. It was a lovely day and all for a good cause.

A special thank you to Cath for her spectacular buffet and for hosting another great after party with Daryl. Thank you to Annette for displaying her fine assets and checking everyone else's. That charity box got very full fast!! Thanks to Kelly for her nipple cakes and to Lamma Gung who took pictures on our hike.

We will keep the charity boxes out until the end of the month when we will tally up the total amount raised, including the amounts raised from the ladies who have dyed their hair pink for October. Watch this space for total amount.

Thanks again XXX"

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Oct 22:  Poets Laureate of Lamma-zine

Gossip Girl:

ODE/PLEA TO LAMMA DOG OWNERS

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE

GET 'EM TO DO IT BEHIND SOME TREES

DOESN'T NEED TO BE TOO FAR YONDER

JUST WHERE PEOPLE NEVER WANDER

NOT ON THE MAIN TRAIL

THAT JUST MAKES PEOPLE MOAN AND WAIL

DOGGIES ARE MAN'S BEST FRIEND

AND THEY DON'T WANT TO OFFEND

DOGGIE POO THEY NEED TO DO

WHERE THEY DO IT DEPENDS ON YOU !!!!!

Discuss this topic...


John Stuart:

Diesel's Yoga Group

The first meeting

Sitting around indiscriminately, drinking, random conversations, finding a focus.
Yoga, I don’t really understand it. What’s it about?
So it’s not just tieing yourself up in knots and sitting around like those Indian guys?
Stretching into different positions? But what’s the point of that?
Comments continue from here and there.
Relaxing muscles, getting rid of tension? Sounds ok to me! Me too.
The conversation spreads, others joining in, more mere males.
Further questions, questions from questions.
Where can you do this? How to get started? What about the costs?

Responses around the table and beyond, more beers, a sense of commitment.
A pause, some reservations.
Not sure about this. Isn’t it mainly young girls and sporty women who do this?
I wouldn’t fit in.
Neither would I. I feel the same way.
A series of self-conscious confessions. Then someone speaks strongly.
Anyway I want to try, to find out what it is like. Why don’t we start our own group?
Then we won’t have this problem!
Good idea, yes. Mumbled assent as the group progressively breaks up.

A few days later at the same place, further discussion over a few beers.
Been thinking more about this yoga, looking forward to it, sounds great.
Yes, we need to change, to get in shape. General agreement.
But we need a teacher, we can’t do this on our own.
Options discussed, some agreement.

And later again.
Still thinking about this yoga business. I’m sitting around too much, just drinking,
I need to do something.
Have another beer mate!
Yeah, thanks.
Let’s get this moving. I have another mate who’s also interested, we have more than enough.
The idea spreads, a little more widely this time.
But we need a place to do this, where can we meet?
Venues discussed, private dwellings, community sites, suitability, various options.
More discussion, teacher/venues combinations all coming together.
Eventual consensus, enthusiasm building up among the main talkers, spreading to marginal listeners.

Further meetings, amidst a few more beers.
The conversations, repeated with further details about possibilities, plans and processes,
the goal closer, then fading, though the dream lingering at Diesel’s Yoga Group.

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Oct 21:  Round Lamma Race

Another basketball tournament, Hoop Wars 2.0, is starting today in the Basketball Court and another Round Lamma race is happening today, organised by the LOCC, Lamma Outrigger Canoe Club. I've been following them all around our home island last year in the support speedboat, snapping hundreds of photos, but never getting around to actually process and publish them, doing almost daily Lamma-zine photo shoots during the busy social season of Oct-Dec every year. To give you an idea of today's race, here are a few of my photos from last year's very similar races.

For new photos, you need to be a Facebook friend of one of the extremely low- key LOCC members. But they're so much quieter and extremely low-profile compared to their boisterous, publicity-loving dragonboating friends, even though they're often the very same people!

P.S. For photos of this year's Round Lamma race, make Facebook Friends with a Lamma Dragons Member Past or Present or Lamma OCC member;
for great photos of this year's race:  Paddling and Other Cult-like Pursuits...

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Oct 20:  Clockenflapping @ Dec 1/2

Media release (all photos courtesy of Clockenflap)

Vision - Line Up - Music - Art - Film - Food - Facebook - Tickets

Plus my own photos and story from last year, plus Nick's festival review.
We'll be haunting the grounds again this year, of course!

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Oct 19:  How Much Per Square Foot?

Square Foot Magazine: Pressure Points 無壓力的小島生活

"Forget the cheap rents. The hippie haven is fast shedding its laidback image."

悠閒的小島天堂或將不再?

Text: Jennifer Lo | Photos: www.thinkstockphotos.com

Our forum, Lamma property story in Squarefoot mag, has been very active on this topic. Here are the latest answers from our Senior Moderator Zep to the questions Jennifer Lo asked our forum members, before writing the story above:

1. Why do you choose to live here?
Came here by accident and can't afford to move on.

2. What kind of house are you living in?
Village house at the top of a steep mountain which leaves you knackered and sweaty half way to the top. Exhausting.

3. What do and don't you like about Lamma?
Absolutely nothing to like.
Dislike poisonous snakes, spiders and centipedes, cliquey expats, rude and money-grubbing locals, dog shit, choking fumes from the chimneys, packs of wild dogs and feral pigs and children, high prices, greedy landlords, suffocating holiday crowds.

4. Which groups will find the island attractive? Expats, locals, those with pets/kids?
Only mentally deranged hippies would want to come here.

5. How would you compare Lamma with other alternatives such as Cheung Chau, Mui Wo, Discovery Bay, etc.
Absolutely bottom of the pile.

6. What do you think of the "hippie" label on islanders?
Very appropriate. You cant walk down main street without being hassled by hippies, drug addicts, hustlers, deadbeats and layabouts - human flotsam from all corners of the earth have washed up here.

7. Some said the island has a close-knit community. Do you agree?
Close-knit, inbred, paranoid, yes. Don't even think about coming here.

Plus my personal reasons to continue "gushing about my lovely landlord".

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Oct 18:  Sofa Taxi Service

A brand-new open-top taxi service has just opened up for North Lamma residents. This very cozy'n'comfy-looking, upgraded Village Vehicle, usually reserved only for goods transport, has been spotted by Yours Truly yesterday outside the Beer Garden Bar & Rest. This might become highly popular right away, especially in the evenings, transporting tired and/or drunk patrons up into the very remote, distant, high-altitude hilltops of Tai Peng. On an island with no private motorised transport permitted of any kind, this VV taxi will surely do (literally) roaring business. Make your reservations now as it'll surely be flooded with bookings very soon as the one and only service of its kind so far on all of Lamma Island.

South Lamma has enjoyed a VV taxi service for many years and they've been spotted with up to 3 passengers on the loading platform in various remote locations cruising at high speed. But they've never been traveling in such comfort and style as this sofa taxi. Contact the neatly dressed dik si si gei on the left for prompt and friendly service, or flag it down when spotting it cruising through Yung Shue Wan's High Street. Share it with up to 2 friends and the admiring attention of all onlookers and passersby will be yours, including our ever-vigilant police constables who still try to enforce the outdated, old-fashioned idea that accepting passengers on VVs deserves a fine.

But escaping our bicycle cops might be easy enough on this often tuned-up vehicles and might lead to some daring high-speed chases through narrow side alleys. On second thought, after some not-infrequent accidents or near-accidents involving VVs and bikes or pedestrians, chases like this should be totally avoided. Perhaps by legalising Sofa Taxis or some more eco-friendly modes of transport, at least for the walking-impaired? Segways, electric bikes or VVs, anyone? No?

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Oct 17:  Slippers, Ovaltine & Viagra

Lamma Events happening today till Sunday, Oct 21. Click for details:

Plus the last Bastards performance in the current lineup? This Fri, in The Wanch:

A spitting image of Dan the Bastard, wouldn't you agree? By Harry Harrison.

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Oct 16:  Memorial Lighthouse?

Ideas for a memorial at or above the crash site of the Lamma Ferry Disaster have been floated by several people and groups, from memorials to a Columbarium. The Home Affairs Department has taken on the idea publicly and will study it.

Here's an idea from Simo Chau, the organiser of the recent Jazz Music and art evenings in 7th Avenue Bar & Rest. She proposes to build a tradtional Green Island-style lighthouse with a rotating spotlight on the cliff just above the crash site. This would be much bigger and much brighter than the existing little, dimly blinking "lighthouses" we have already around Lamma. Click to learn more:

 

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Oct 15:  Trig Point Family

Life is slowly returning to a semblance of "normal" on Lamma, people reverting slowly to their former, comfortable routines and sleeping patterns, at least that's what I've been doing.

During our customary early Sunday morning brunch at the Lamma Winds Pavilion, we spotted some tiny dots near the Trig Point, the highest point of North Lamma with the very best views. Zooming in 86 times onto the Trig Point over a 353 metres distance, this is what I got: an entire family hiking up there on early Sunday morning, hours before any visitors will make it up to nearby Lamma Winds!

We slowly finished our wine and cheese buffet in the Pavilion, catered by myself for the very first time. Half way up the hill I realised that I had forgotten the cheeses! So I had to return home to fetch them. Good exercise!

After our leisurely brunch, I descended on my bike on Cable Road. I caught up with the Trig Point Family and introduced myself. Christine and her family, take a bow, Senior Lammaites of the Day, living less than 5 minutes from us, even though I didn't recall ever talking to them before, even though Christine has lived on and off Lamma for over 20 years. I still don't "know everybody", contrary to popular belief.

Returning home, my newspaper was waiting on my 2/F doorstep, home-delivered like every Sunday by the two daughters of one of our Sunday brunch regulars, who lives by his motto: "Feel Good, Look Great"!
Yes, life seems to be slowly returning to a new kind of a quieter, more thoughtful state of normality on Lamma, finally....

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Oct 14:  Goodbye, Lamma IV

Photos by our Pak Kok Senior Correspondent

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Oct 13:  'Do You Feel Disturbed?'

Have you ever been invited to an event and then were the ONLY one actually showing up? This happened to me last night, at the "Ferry Disaster Debriefing". It was well-organised by the Social Welfare Dept., with about a dozen officials from various departments and organisations waiting outside the Rural Committee Building, most of them coming from town for this widely publicised event, including this home page.

There were about 18 Chinese speakers attending, but for non-Chinese speakers, a parallel event had been organised in the new Hangout Kindergarten location (just beyond the Bookworm Cafe). Even though there was a circle of chairs set up, like an AA meeting, it turned out I was the only one attending, but I was there more out of curiousity about this first-time-ever event in my 11 years of living here.

11 full days after the tragedy, even "mildly distressed" individuals like myself have probably recovered from their initial insomnia and anxiousness, talking about it for many days with friends and family and coming to terms with it. After the shrink, er, psychologist, had repeatedly enquired about my feelings and encouraged me to "share my experiences", she probably found me not distressed enough to warrant further attention and wandered off. So I interviewed the Asst. District Social Welfare Officer instead. He told me about all the good work they had done with people and families much closer to the tragedy than myself (see my form above), right after the disaster. It was a nice, friendly and very considerate event; quite a pity that not more people showed up.

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Oct 12:  'An Even Closer Neighbour'

© SCMP, Oct 12, 2012 - Click above to read the entire story,
including an interview with "Website Manager Lamma-Gung".

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Oct 11:  Live Visitor Traffic of Lamma.com.hk

"FEEDJIT Live shows what is happening on your blog or website right now. This page is being updated in real-time as new visitors arrive on your site. Visit our home page to update your Live Traffic Feed or get Feedjit for your own site."

This is a new toy I found and just added to this website's lower left column, showing the last visitors, where they're coming from and what browser and system they're using. Thanks, Debra & Malcolm!

It's pretty amazing to watch the live traffic and see where Lamma.com.hk visitors are originating and how some of them found my website:

Bainbridge Island, Washington arrived from google.com on "Lamma-zine Blog - August 2006 - by Lamma-Gung" by searching for magic mushroom types.
Cambridge, Ohio arrived from google.com on "Lamma-zine Blog - February 2006 - by Lamma-Gung" by searching for castrated roosters.
Oliver, British Columbia arrived
from bing.com on "Lamma-zine Blog - March 2006 - by Lamma-Gung" by searching for dragonboater tattoos.

I don't really recall ever having written about magic mushroom types, castrated roosters or dragonboat tattoos, but it's been 10 years of almost daily stories, often about pretty quirky and weird topics. Being the #1 Lamma website on Google, Yahoo and Bing attracts some worldwide visitors with, ahem, er, "unusual" interests to this site. All are most welcome, of course!

If you know another useful and/or fun website tool/gadget/widget/add-on you'd like to see on this website, free or at small cost, let me know!

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Oct 10:  Baroque on Lamma Stakeholder Workshop

Click above for more info and registration...

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Oct 9:  'Life, Death, and Lamma Island'

Lamma rarely ever warrants any news story in the news media, not internationally and not even locally, and we usually like it that way. But this tragic accident has been covered in so many ways worldwide:

World's 'most delightful commute' hit by ferry disaster (CNN) (by CNN's Kevin Voigt), Hong Kong Boat Crash: Brit Child Killed, No Pinoys hurt in Hong Kong sea tragedy, plus former frequent Lamma visitor & Franciscan, Father Roberto P. Reyes, blogging a very personal, touching sermon on Life, Death, and Lamma Island.

View a collection of stories from the last 7 days - news, blogs, web and video - courtesy of Google Alert:

Internet stories on "Lamma Island"

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Oct 8:  Religious Condolences Ceremony

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Oct 7:  Open Day @ Banyan House

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Oct 6:  After the Tragedy...

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Oct 5:  Are You an Eyewitness?

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Oct 4:  Online Condolence Book

Following the 3-day official mourning period set up by the HK Govt. starting today, Oct 4-6, I've set up an online condolence book in our forum. You can post your condolences, thoughts and pictures, in any language and any format. The solemn SCMP editorial cartoon above was created by Harry Harrison (used with his friendly permission).

A Condolence Book will also be available for your signing in the Rural Committee Buildings in North & South Lamma, during office hours from today till Sat, 9am-5pm. A 3-minute silence will be observed all over HK at noon today, including the YSW Rural Committee Building (opposite HSBC).

To get started and get you inspired, here's a poem by our Official Court Poet, John Stuart:

Read more about the Lamma Ferry Disaster...

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Oct 3:  Additional Floors on Central Piers

See poster and details. Deadline for public comments: Oct 19.


 

 

 

 

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