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Below the Ferry Pier, Part II   (June 8, 2005)

 

 

For a hopefully welcome change, let's highlight a serious topic today, instead of my all-too-frequent features about "frivolous" topics full of ironic remarks and especially all that weird "Silly Stuff":

Let's talk about ferry pier safety! Some of us stroll along that long concrete pier several times a day, sometimes even doing a hundred metre dash when the ferry departure bell is ringing. Only rarely do we ever worry that the pier might just crumble under your feet, plunging you into our "fragrant" Yung Shue Wan harbour where only the most foolhardy would ever dare to go swimming.

 

Fortunately our benevolent corporate friends at the HK Kowloon Ferry Company are very concerned about our safety (and "potential negative publicity" in case of any accident). They have recently completed an extensive reinforcement of the underbelly of the entire pier's length. Some of you loyal, longtime readers out there might remember my photo gallery from Jan 8 2004, with this introduction:

 

"If you've seen a crackpot crawling & staggering around BELOW the ferry pier taking pictures in the last few weeks, that was Lamma-Gung on one of his photographic excursions, exploring some new, "unusual" views and angles of Lamma Island's "underworld". See for yourself how it looked down there BEFORE all the construction began: Below the Ferry Pier. (BEFORE photos in this introduction)

 

Being burdened with a sometimes unhealthy curiosity, I couldn't resist the temptation to check out what they've actually been doing down there below the pier for so long. Saving you the trouble to venture down there yourself into the murky, slippery, bug-infested underworld: just another example of the self-sacrificing & free community services of the Lamma-zine? I took my trusty Nikon Coolpix 5400 camera along into the netherworld below the ferry pier for a repeat visit and exploration:

(click to enlarge)

The YSW ferry pier before the Dragonboat Festival (Isn't that Mr Tough?)

Shot from the bridge to the Library

The ferry taking off to town

Climbing into the netherworld

Afternoon sunlight filtering through the murky waters

Dragonboats awaiting their big day out

Second 'tunnel' of pillars

A pipe leading to nowhere?

Left-over from pouring concrete. Looks like...

Electric cables, color-coded

Some of the old T-iron bars

No wonder they had to be replaced!

All new, black & strong: concrete repaired & reinforced w/iron bars

Holding the T-iron bars in place

Close-up of steel reinforcement

Even closer close-up. Looks trustworthy, doesn't it!

Emerging from the twilight under the pier

Catch something? Which restaurant will serve the catch?

Returning from a fishing boat

Late afternoon view towards the Library

Yes, it's a really sunny day, lady!

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