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Bauhinia Spirit
Arrives
Apr 15
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"HK's First FSRU (Floating Storage and Regasification Unit) Vessel Weighs
Anchor."
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Doubling Ferry Fares?
Apr 12
- "HKKFerry,
namely Central to YSW and Sok Kwu Wan, applied for a 100% price increase."
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Pak Kok vs. YSW
Apr 11
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How's our little village Pak Kok different from Yung Shue Wan?
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Lamma
VV Show
Apr 1
- "Special
prizes for Loudest VV, Oldest VV & the special VV Mods category."
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Apr 15:
Bauhinia Spirit Arrives
"Hong Kong's First FSRU
(Floating Storage and
Regasification Unit) Vessel
Weighs Anchor as Offshore LNG
Terminal Prepares to Go into
Service.
An offshore liquefied
natural gas (LNG) terminal is
being jointly developed by CLP
Power and HK Electric to support
Hong Kong's energy transition.
This FSRU vessel will be used to
receive, store, and regasify LNG
arrived in Hong Kong. The FSRU vessel will
sail to the offshore LNG
terminal east of the Soko
Islands next week soon for the final
commissioning of the project
later this year.
The FSRU vessel, which will
be named Bauhinia Spirit, is the
world's largest with an overall
length of 345 metres and a
storage capacity of 263,000m3 of
LNG."
Joint press release by HK
Electric and CLP
Apr 14: "Why did I stop living
here?"
Isaac Bertulis-Webb
writes:
"Oh yeah: when I dipped in
2020 my local beach was taped
off due to COVID, the National
Security Law had just dropped,
and I remember begrudging the
feeling that I was on some sort
of permanent vacation, the
blissful ignorance becoming
harder to maintain.
Thus,
returning for a holiday is
probably the most tempting way
to experience Lamma again. It
was wonderful seeing everyone,
and wandering along the hills
with the bulbuls whirring
overhead it's impossible to
remain uncaptivated.
I felt
drunk the entire time; either
from failing to run the gauntlet
of the main street
establishments, or purely on the
vibe. I don’t think there's
anywhere quite like it on Earth.
If anyone does know, please tell
me, else I'm bound to return.
More 'proper' pics to come but
here's some iPhone ones in the
meantime."
Apr 13:
ChatGPT, Tell Me About
Lamma-Gung
ChatGPT:
"Lamma-Gung was a well-known and
beloved figure on Lamma Island
in Hong Kong. He was born in
1915 and lived on the island for
most of his life....
Lamma-Gung was also widely
respected for his selflessness
and generosity. He was known to
be incredibly kind and would
often provide food, clothing,
and other necessities to those
in need.
He was particularly
dedicated to helping the elderly
and disabled, and he was a
tireless advocate for preserving
the island's cultural heritage
and traditional way of life."
ChatGPT is "hallucinating" many
of the "facts" it tells about
me and Lamma Island, making up an
astonishing number of total
BS stories, for example about
2 local public swimming pools
and even supermarkets. It's got
a long way to go to replace
search engines...
ChatGPT's got quite a nice,
generic description about Lamma
as a
good place to retire:
"Lamma Island can be a great
place to retire if you're
looking for a peaceful and
laid-back lifestyle in a natural
setting. The island is known for
its relaxed atmosphere,
beautiful scenery, and strong
sense of community...."

Apr 12:
Doubling Ferry Fares!?

From
HK01 news today:
"Transport Department is
processing applications for fare
increases for 10 licensed ferry
routes. Among them, the three
outlying island routes operated
by Hong Kong Kowloon Ferry,
namely
Central to Yung
Shue Wan and Sok Kwu Wan,
applied for a
100% price
increase. Transport
Department further revealed that
it was processing applications
for fare increases for 10
licensed ferry routes and 124
minibus routes."
Local protests and a signature
campain have started, this one
outside the Rural Council
building by
Lamma District Councillor
Ting-Ting. Photos
by Lammaite
Tom Grundy:


Apr 11:
Pak Kok vs. YSW
How's our little village Pak
Kok, less than 10 minutes from
YSW by ferry, different from
Lamma's largest village and
"commercial hub", Yung Shue Wan?
Just 2 recent pictures
to illustrate: Our
brand-new "bike park" and the
almost-new ferry pier with a
single passenger waiting for the
ferry. The sheer opposites of
hyper-busy YSW ferry pier and
bike park.
The HK Govt. spent $72+ million
on this pier for our few hundred
residents, plus the occasional
weekend hikers/ family/
fishermen/ visitors. But we're
worth it! ;~}
No shops in all of Pak Kok
(except the very basic shop
close to ferry pier, open just a
few hours/day), no restaurants,
no services, NO TOURISTS!
Apr 10:
Flower Show @ Tai Peng Community
Garden
Photo collage by
Lorraine Sewell. Many thanks!
Plus the more modest flower show
in my balcony garden, turning
more and more into my Balcony
Jungle:
Hippeastrums I grew from seeds,
which I harvested from bulbs
originating in the garden above.
Just takes a few years to grow
these iconic "Lamma Hippie"
flowers from seeds, but Lamma's
gardeners have lots of patience.
Apr 9:
Happy Easter!

Apr 5:
Fun Day Launch Party!

Lamma Fun Day 2023 - Saturday 18
November
Apr 4:
Canto Opera Is Back!

May 10-14, '23: Cantonese
Opera in
YSW Football court
during Tin Hau Festival

Building a Cantonese Opera
Bamboo Arena
Apr 3:
AI-Monitored Power Cables

HK Electric is using AI to find
problems in their 6,800 km of
underground electricity cables,
so they can be monitored all the
time, finding problems early,
guaranteeing their 99.9999%
reliable power supply.
More info...
Apr 2:
Celebrating the Start of
Spring

Apr 1:
Lamma
VV Show
Pavillion Roadhouse - Lamma
Island writes:
"You asked, you begged, and now
it's happening.
Lamma Island's
first ever VV Show. Starts 8am Saturday morning.
"Check out the Hottest
Village Vehicles on the Island.
Lucky door prizes plus special
prizes for Loudest VV, Oldest VV
& the special VV Mods category."
You wouldn't want to miss the
very noisy, piercing sounds of
the "VV iron-rod speed-dragging"
competition, drowning out the
cheers/jeers of the onlookers!
The current VV race through YSW
Main Street has hit a traffic
jam of 5 VVs (still the only
motorised traffic permitted on
all of Lamma).
The award for "Best Modifications"
went to this sofa taxi VV a few
years back!
Two winners from former years:
Innovation award for this
aquatic VV and the award for the
youngest driver (one of my
step-grandsons, ahem).
 
This might happen to the
losers/crashes of the VV races: dumped
unceremoniously on a surviving
VV and carted off to the dump or
even lifted off the pier onto a
cargo boat to be shipped to a
landfill. Better luck next year!
P.S. By the way, the
record for most people riding a
single VV still stands at 8.
I've only witnessed 6 people
myself years ago and 4 people
just the other day. VVs are
forbidden to take any
passengers, so who will be
daring (or stupid) enough to
break this long-standing record?
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