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The Great Lamma Clean Up Continues...

May 28 - "It was threatening thunderstorms, but we had a fab start to the..."

Lamma Dragons Fundraiser

May 23 - Up for auction this Sat night in The Island Bar, an original by Harry Harrison!

Cargo Blocking Ferry Exits

May 18 - "Passengers stop overloaded ferry from sailing" - SCMP, May 11, 2013

Rooftop Jungle Home Office

May 17 - Once upon a time, 5 years ago, there was just a standard, empty, tiled rooftop when we moved in.

20 Years of YSW Canto Opera

May 16 - Congratulations to the Hing Fung Ming Cantonese Opera Troupe: 20th Tin Hau Festival!

Solar Power Boost

May 15 - Where's HK's largest solar power installation located? Just over the hill from Yung Shue Wan, in the Power Station.

Night Safari @ Sok Kwu Wan

May 14 - I joined one of 3 "Night Safari" tours on Sat, May 4, in Sok Kwu Wan.

Animated Lamma Map,
1987 - 2012

May 13 - Google has released timelapse image of how the Earth's surface has changed.

Dogwalking
Over Ling Kok Shan

May 12 - On the way to the top of Ling Kok Shan, the 250-metre tall hill behind Sok Kwu Wan.

R.I.P. Allan Ferguson

May 11 - Do you recognise this beaming couple? A picture published in 1985,...

Canto Opera -
Behind the Stage

May 10 - "Fascinated to be at backstage of a Cantonese Opera for the first time."

Above the Lamma 500

May 6 - Video by Joe the Quadrocopter Aviator -
Results and winner photos of the Lamma 500 dragonboat races.

Zooming in on Lamma 500

May 5 - View from the Trig Point above Lamma windturbine, the highest point of N. Lamma.

Lamma Day 2013

May 2 - Yung Shue Wan Tin Hau festival & dragonboat/sampan races & Cantonese opera.

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May 28:  The Great Lamma Clean Up Continues...

Newsletter from Living Lamma:

Read more... also about the Govt.'s new Clean Shorelines Campaign...

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May 27:  25 Years of Lamma Dragons!

SCMP Story, May 26: Team Lamma show paddle power

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May 23:  Lamma Dragons Fundraiser

Up for auction this Sat night in The Island Bar, an original by Harry Harrison!

P.S. Harry's drawing went for $9,000 in the fundraising auction, an all-time record, I think. In case you wonder who the people portrayed in the dragonboat are, Harry writes:

"Margaret Thatcher, Sid Vicious, Mick Talbot, Boy George, Kevin Rowland, Wattie Buchan, Martin Fry, Mensi, Robert Smith, Morrissey, David Sylvian, Roddy Frame, Adam Ant...etc..."

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May 18:  Cargo Blocking Ferry Exits

Passengers stop overloaded ferry from sailing - SCMP, May 11, 2013

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May 17:  Rooftop Jungle Home Office

Once upon a time, 5 years ago, there was just a standard, empty, tiled rooftop when we moved in. The initially cute little veggie & flower garden has by now transmogrified into a subtropical jungle with mostly indigenous plants, bushes and creepers, surrounding most of my rooftop, its walls and much of the floor.

There's (almost) no weeding or pruning in this garden, err, jungle (except Mikania) and no pest control of any kind. Whatever is able to grow and survive naturally is welcome to do so freely, including bugs, birds, insects and assorted critters. No chemicals used at all, just occasional plant feedings. Surprisingly, there seem to be hardly any mosquitoes and other bothersome bugs?

Most of what's growing so abundantly right now, I didn't plant myself. It's been seeded to my rooftop by wind, insects and birds from the semi-wilderness and forests close to our home, or seedlings I plucked from the forest years ago. It's mostly HK native plants by now, adapted to HK's climate and surviving well on our exposed rooftop; plus a few decorative flowers and plants multiplying for 5 years now. Watering with a spray hose 3 times a week is fun and all the maintenance and gardening my personal rooftop jungle really needs to prosper.

It's so relaxing to sit up there in my ancient rocking chair, watching the welcome visitors - mostly birds, bees and butterflies - and admiring the daily changing flowers blooming. All the while, I'm reading and streaming music by 4G LTE from the millions of songs in Spotify's Cloud-based jukebox to my wireless headphones.

At the same time, I might handle some of the daily work for this website on my Samsung Note II in my "Rooftop Jungle Home Office", for example snapping and uploading the first photo above straight from my rocking chair. It's the Lamma Life and I'm still loving it...

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May 16:  20 Years of YSW Canto Opera

20th Anniversary of the Hing Fung Ming Cantonese Opera Troupe, performing during every Tin Hau Festival in the YSW Football Pitch. Congratulations!

Photos of the closing celebration on May 5,
courtesy of the Lamma (North) Rural Committee:

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May 15:  Solar Power Boost

HK Electric's solar power system now comprises 8662 PV modules
which are mainly installed on the rooftops and open area of various locations
at Lamma Power Station.

Where's Hong Kong's largest solar power installation located? Yes, just over the hill from Yung Shue Wan, atop and around the Lamma Power Station. Good news from our "friendly neighbour" HK Electric today, it's getting a major upgrade:

Hong Kong's Largest Solar Power System Gets Capacity Boost to 1MW
[15 May 2013]


By the way, anybody up for my yearly Lamma Power Station tour this summer, including the Solar Power System?

Email me, if you're provisionally interested. Date is Wed morning, Aug 7, 2013. Minimum age 15, maximum number for the tour bus: 35; details.


Talking of Renewable Energy, you've probably heard about HK Electric's planned windfarm 3.5km off Lamma's SW coast, or noticed the windmonitoring tower out there already? This has been discussed since 2006 in our forum in a number of topics. Here's the latest info, plus a map of the plans:

Marine Wind Farm off Lamma.

There's no reclamation involved, just around 35+ large wind turbines in the sea, directly connected to the Lamma Power Station. EIA approved, construction to start in 2015.

 

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May 14:  Night Safari @ Sok Kwu Wan

The Green Hong Kong Green campaign (HK Electric & Conservancy Association) has launched new eco-tours a few months back. Guided by 150 well-trained eco-volunteers, 5 of these almost free, public, Cantonese-only tours are happening on Lamma every month.

I joined one of 3 "Night Safari" tours on Sat, May 4, in Sok Kwu Wan. But first I helped cleaning up a beach in the SKW estuary in the morning, hiked the Southern Family Trail (Mo Tat Wan, Tung O Wan, SKW), and hung out in SKW's restaurant strip (mostly in my new local favourite, LoSo Kitchen), waiting for the safari.

If you can understand Cantonese and would like to go on a safari, check out this new Lamma Eco-tour map first. Here's how to enrol.

The other 4 Lamma-based tours have been introduced in the Lamma-zine, Mar 1: Windy Wonder, Rock Ramble & Night Safari

Yes, South Lamma is becoming an even better and more fun place to experience for nature lovers! Here are a few of my photos:

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May 13:  Animated Lamma Map, 1987 - 2012

Google has released fascinating timelapse image of how the Earth's surface has changed since 1984. In the HK map, you can zoom in and watch as Victoria Harbour shrinks through reclamation.

Explore the interactive timelapse Google world map.

Closer to our home, how has the map of Lamma Island changed since the 80s?

I've zoomed in on Lamma and created a little animation by cutting and pasting the yearly frames. Focus on the Power Station expansions and the greening of the ex-Lamma Quarry. View my animated Google satellite map (too large for this home page):

Lamma 1987 - 2012

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May 12:  Dogwalking Over Ling Kok Shan

Feral dogs with large litter of puppies @ Lo So Shing beach
Rent-free for Chinese-speaking gardeners! Contact me!

On the way to the top of Ling Kok Shan, the 250-metre tall hill behind Sok Kwu Wan, topped by Lamma's Telecom Tower, still under construction.

Trig Point atop Ling Kok Shan - Sitting-out area

Through the bamboo forests - Descending to Mo Tat Wan on
Lamma's longest staircase, for another lunch with friends in The Bay.

All photos above by Alain Guilloux. My own photo gallery is still in progress...

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May 11:  R.I.P. Allan Ferguson

Do you recognise this beaming couple? A picture published in 1985, it shows the well-known-on-Lamma Allan and his partner Linda, seen frequently around Yung Shue Wan. He was found dead at their home on May 7, cause yet unknown. R.I.P.

Your memories of Allan, especially if you've known him for a long time, during his former better days, please post them here: R.I.P. Allan Ferguson.

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May 10:  Canto Opera - Behind the Stage

Tin Hau Festival '13 - Cantonese Opera @ YSW Football Pitch - Apr 30-May 5:

All photos & captions by Debi Yeung-Salansy with her "Baby Fuji"
(Click to enlarge. Her website: www.debiyeungdesign.com):

"Fascinated to be at backstage of a Cantonese Opera for the first time":

"Hing Fung Ming Cantonese-Opera Troupe, the 20th year playing at Lamma Tin Hau Festival" - Opera star Mui Suet See (click for her website)

"Beautiful costumes being hung everywhere"

"Private cubicle dressing area for senior performers"

Aftermath - by Robert Hope-Jones:
"Remains of the opera theatre - singing the final devastating high note C
and a crash cymbal did this."

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May 6:  Above the Lamma 500

Video by Joe the Quadrocopter Aviator

Results and winner photos of the Lamma 500 dragonboat races

Facebook photos of the winners, incl. the victorious Lamma Dragon teams
who celebrated their 25th anniversary! Congratulations!!

P.S. Tue, May 7:  Just in, the "official" Lamma 500 video from Donna the Videographer. She even wore a "Lamma 500 Official" T-shirt while filming.

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May 5:  Zooming in on Lamma 500

View from the Trig Point above Lamma windturbine, the highest point of N. Lamma

More and larger photos: Lamma Gung @ Facebook. Race results.

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May 2:  Lamma Day 2013

Yung Shue Wan Tin Hau festival & dragonboat/sampan races & Cantonese opera:


 

 

 

 

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