Nov
19:
Electricity Tariff Increase
"HK Electric announced today the
Average Net Tariff for January
2025 will be 167 cents per unit
of electricity, slightly up by
1.5 cents, or an
increase of
0.9% compared to January 2024
(see table).
On the other hand, the Fuel
Clause Charge for January 2025
will decrease by 1.9 cents from
46 cents in January this year to
44.1 cents per unit of
electricity, in light of the
current situation of the fuel
market.
Following the commissioning of a
new gas-fired generating unit
L12 early this year, HK
Electric's percentage of
gas-fired generation is expected
to increase to about
70% of its
total output in 2024.
The Company's target is to phase
out the use of coal for daily
power generation by
2035."
Nov
16:
Lamma Fun Day!
Photos! More
photos! Video!
Setup video!
Harry Harrison
original, donated for the online
charity auction.
Nov
15:
Free Diwali Buffet
"We're thrilled to invite you to
a FREE Diwali Buffet at
SPICY ISLAND filled
with delicious traditional
dishes, sweets, and joyful
company! You only have to pay
for your drinks!
Thank you
for your support over the years
and we wish everyone peace and
prosperity!"
Nov 14:
Ferries Resuming After T8
(Toraji)
Aberdeen to Lamma
(Pak
Kok, YSW):
Departure from Aberdeen: 11:15am
Departure from Yung Shue Wan:
12:00noon
Chuen Key Ferry Resume Service:
From Aberdeen to Sok Kwu
Wan: 11:00am
From Sok Kwu Wan
to Aberdeen: 11:45am
Nov 13:
Nick the Disconnected
Nick the Bookman has
turned into a totally
disconnected hermit, not even
having a landline phone anymore!
Plus no Internet, no email, no
messaging, no social media, etc.
His longtime, widely-known
landline phone number with
voice-mail tape-recorder has
stopped working after decades of
reliable service. But it's
proven impossible to replace
this ancient hardware, so he
gave up his phone number
entirely.
A very
active discussion ensued
on Facebook about how to get him
at least a mobile phone, or not?
Join in if you're one of the
multitude of his friends or just
curious.
So for the time being, the ONLY
way of contacting Nick is
meeting him F2F at his daily
bookstand on YSW Back Street.
But his
email and
website will remain
active, maintained by and
forwarded to myself who'll print
out his occasional, rare
incoming emails and deliver them
to Nick in person.
Nov 12:
Lamma Fun Day This Saturday
Nov 11:
Bookworm Cafe & Man Kee Closed
2 decades-old restaurants, real
stalwarts of the YSW food scene
have closed recently. They've
been open longer than I've lived
on Lamma,
older than this website launched
in 2002.
Bookworm Cafe has been
open since last Millennium and
will be sorely missed by so many
Lammaites and the hordes of
weekend visitors lining up
outside.
Founded by
Bobsy & friends last
millennium, it's been
featured frequently on
this website.
It was probably the most famous
YSW restaurant on social media,
especially in restaurant guides.
Shortening its name to
BWC a few years ago, it
changed to a meaty, cafe-style
place:
Man Kee
Restaurant is still looking for a new tenant, but an Italian
restaurant, called
Ora, has soft-opened in the
Bookworm's place. Slogan
"No Pasta Left Behind".
They just emailed me while I was
typing this story:
"We
are currently running soft till
end of the year (only open few
days a week and limited hours).
We selected a short but
signature menu so everyone can
keep on track of the grand
opening in January."
Nov 10:
TeleHealth Video Call
On the way to the Lamma Clinic for
a regular appointment, they
called to invite me to a
TeleHealth video call
consultation after my
appointment.
Set up inside the Clinic they
connected my mobile to a
pharmacist in the hospital,
interviewing me about my
medication-taking habits.
This is in test mode now to some
underserved, remote locations
and is limited to chats with
only pharmacists for now.
TeleHealth roll-out next year,
offering more services.
More
info: Click TeleHealth in the
HA Go main menu on your
mobile.
Nov 9:
Shopping Trolleys Multiplying?
What's going on at the Lamma
ferry pier in Aberdeen? We
bought this cool, big-wheeled
trolley on the right a few days
ago (Taobao, of course). We
parked
it at the ferry pier today while
leaving to eat and shop in Aberdeen.
When we came back, surprise! Two
more trolleys like ours also
parked at the pier, first
time ever, never noticed them
before!
Are these things
multiplying?
Nov
8:
Hoopla About a Hoopoe!
NEWSworthy HK writes:
"LAMMA: this beautifully crested
Eurasian Hoopoe was photographed
a few days ago & is a regular
winter visitor to HK (Nov to
Jan) from Europe... his
favourite dishes are insects,
small frogs, seeds & berries...
during breeding/nesting season
the female Hoopoe produces a
foul-smelling liquid from a
gland (rubbing it into her
feathers) that deters predators
from attacking/trying to steal
eggs...
Credit:
Cliffcher Lucas Eustaquio"
A hoopoe like this was a
frequent visitor to our house's
patio just a few years ago. It's
great to welcome this beautiful
species and its
distinct song back
to Lamma!
Nov 7:
Bye-bye, YSW Ferry Pier
Dismantling the old Yung Shue
Wan ferry pier today. It's truly the end of an era after
so many of us walked on it twice
daily, some of us for decades.
Officially opened in 1987, it
replaced an older public pier,
in use since 1964 (Wikipedia).
Zooming in:
Nov 6:
'Lying Flat' on the Lamma Ferry
TVB short story about some
people taking a nap on the Lamma
ferry, 'lying flat'
across seats.
"'Lying flat' is a concept that
originated in China and refers
to rejecting social pressure to
achieve success in the workplace
or fulfillment through
consumerism.
It encourages a
more leisurely and
nonmaterialistic lifestyle,
focusing on the bare minimum for
survival."
Sounds like quite a few
Lammaites?
A
big discussion about
this story started on FB right
away.
Nov
5:
'Pasta-tively Delicious
Memories'
Guess where in Yung Shue Wan?
More details to follow as soon
as they'll become available
about this
new-restaurant-in-progress.
Nov 2:
HK Electric Online - 4th Quarter
Nov 1:
New Month, New Calendar Pages
Do you like my new wall calendar
picture, also used as my
Facebook header this month?
View all
of these monthly pictures, based
on my group exhibition
Abandoned Visions in an
abandoned house last year.
More of my calendars,
1980-2024.
