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Mon, Aug 21
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Palm Oil Spill stories (South
China Morning Post) |
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Mon, Aug 14
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Green tourism to get boost with renovated piers
(The Standard. 10 piers, incl. Pak Kok and YSW) |
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Mon, Aug 14
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Govt under scrutiny over oil spill location... (Lantau News) |
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Sun, Aug 13
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About the palm oil spill
(Heartbeat) |
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Fri, Aug 11
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From Forest Destruction to Marine Destruction
(Sea Shepherd) |
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Thu, Aug 10
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Palm Oil Spill
Cleanups all over Lamma |
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Fri, Aug 4
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Mountain Unicycle Championship on Lamma
(South China Morning Post -
SCMP.TV) |
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Tue, Aug 1
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Restaurant/Bar
News: Andy's
Seafood Rest.,
Island Bar,
The Bay, Jing Jing,
Bombay Bar & Rest.,
Just Kitchen |
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News Archive -
Lamma-zine stories last month:
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Aug 21 -
"Twenty families strolled around Lamma Island and
unfolded the "secret" of..."
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Aug 19-
"By going deeper into the dream you will discover
amazing new dimensions..."
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Aug 14 -
The frequently moving seabed investigation platform just
off the Pak Kok ferry pier today.
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Aug 13-
Thank you, Eco-Marine, HK Hiking Meetup, The First Penguins, Sea Kayak HK, Plastic Free Seas,
Living Lamma...
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Aug 12 -
A new favourite picture of Laudable Lamma Luminary Joyce
of Jing Jing Bar & Rest., of ex-DIESEL's fame,
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Aug 11-
There are almost daily volunteer beach clean ups
happening nowadays on Lamma...
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Jul 24 -
Highest tide of the year, this morning @ Fisherman's
Pier. Global warming and rising sea levels in action?
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Jul 23 -
This is what happens to a color laser-printed poster
after a few weeks on a rain-lashed, open-air billboard.
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Jul 20 -
What is this contraption that appeared today just off
the Pak Kok ferry pier?
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Jul 19 -
"So heartfelt thanks to One and All. You're on The
Roll Of Honour."
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Jul 14 -
Khachapury, a kind of Georgian pizza, was enjoyed for
late lunch in Just Kitchen.
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Jul 13 -
...an unexploded, 1-foot-long naval artillery shell on
the beach just behind The Waterfront.
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Jul 12 - This
morning after 5:48am.
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Jul 11 -
Liao Ning Aircraft Carrier leaving HK this morning,
viewed from end of Cable Road, Pak Kok.
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Jul 10 -
"Two HK Electric teams have won the first and third
prizes in an international competition..."
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Jul 7 -
Watching the Chin. aircraft carrier Liao Ning
pass through the Lamma East Channel.
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Jul 4 -
Lamma Events Calendar - July '17: http://Lamma.com.hk/
index_events.htm
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Jul 3 -
Lamma Calendar 2017 this month, showing sunset at the
Pak Kok ferry pier.
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Jul 2 -
Two stories from our regular correspondent Nick the
Bookman today:
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Jul 1 -
Flags fluttering high above YSW Main Street...
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(photos by Hans Andersen Club)
Hans Andersen Club writes:
"Twenty families strolled around Lamma Island and unfolded the "secret"
of green/ self-made shops on 5 Aug 2017. At the same time, they explored the
history of villages. Having fresh soya milk and pineapple sticks provided in
the trip were good ways to "escape" from the hot, sunny weather.
The parents shared that children from the city seldom see green
environments and insects. They got the chance to experience the cozy
environment on the island and talk to the inhabitants. Parents considered
this was a very effective way to communicate and have fun with their
children.
Lamma Treasure Hunt activities and a creative market will
be held again on 4 Nov 2017. It will be open for
registration in September 2017. Stay tuned!"
That Lamma Minion (a Lamminion?) photo above, inside
our Hans Andersen Centre in Tai Wan New Village, was just too
cute!
Here's my zoomed in and enhanced version:
Another great initiative is their
Lamma Story Garden:
"Through creative stories, eco-tour and recycle
activities, we facilitate parents and children to release their
pressure from the city, experience the healing power of the
nature, and obtain ecological and environmental knowledge.
For more details, please call 2338 8147."
I never get tired of sunsets, running up to the rooftop from my home office,
setting up my pocket ultra zoom on a tripod and Wifi-connecting it to my
smartphone and clicking away...
Here are a few of my favourite versions of the sunset a few days ago; Deep
Styled by iteratively processing them with Google's
Deep Dream Generator,
which is using their in-house supercomputing capabilities:
"By going deeper into the dream you will discover amazing new dimensions
and visual artifacts from the Artificial Intelligence's consciousness."
The frequently moving seabed investigation platform just off the Pak Kok
ferry pier today: The contractors are checking the feasibility and details
of constructing a long, sideways-docking ferry pier (to be ready by 2021 the
earliest).
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Stepping and off the ferry's "nose" at the Pak Kok pier can be a treacherous
adventure, especially in rocky seas. The permanent cross currents make the
docking really difficult and sometimes take several attempts by the very
experienced, specially qualified captains.
We learnt more re: planned upgrades of ferry piers HK-wide today:
Green tourism to get boost with renovated piers
(The Standard newspaper)
10 ferry piers HK-wide are to be upgraded or replaced, incl. Pak Kok and YSW
piers! Anybody got details of the YSW ferry pier plans, as I haven't seen
anything yet. I shall investigate...
Robert Lockyer writes about the palm oil
spill cleanups:
"Thank you Eco-Marine, Hong Kong Hiking
Meetup, The First Penguins, Sea Kayak Hong Kong, Plastic Free
Seas, Living Lamma and numerous other groups and local
residents for getting over 350 volunteers on Lamma today.
It's great when people, volunteers, families
and NGO groups from all over Hong Kong come together as one to
solve a problem."
More info...
A new favourite picture of Laudable Lamma Luminary
Joyce of
Jing Jing Bar & Rest., of ex-DIESEL's fame, celebrating her Big
Birthday with another big Jing-Jing-a-ling party!
She was so OverJoyced to receive this fantastic collage created by
Caroline Collins:
How many Lamma faces do you recognise? Click to enlarge, plus more photos!
There are almost daily volunteer clean ups happening nowadays on Lamma, with
many wonderful volunteers joining from off-island. Most of the clean ups are
listed here and in our
Lamma Events Calendar:
If you'd like to know what happened to your and your friends' missing
bikes, parked till today in the YSW Bike Park, and where are they now? Click
above...
P.S. plus another
bike clearance on Aug 10...
Highest
tide of the year, this morning @ Fisherman's Pier. Global warming
and rising sea levels in action?
Just a split second after this photo, my sneakers & socks got flooded and
drenched as well... But it seems well worth it, a small sacrifice to get
this candid shot of the completely unfazed Lamma fisherman.
 
Facebook Reactions and comments started to flood in, like the tide above,
within minutes of me
posting this photo! Even some of our really good local photographers
liked it. ;~}
Within hours, this photo attracted 157 Facebook Likes, 36 Wows, even 12
Loves, a total of 205 Reactions so far; plus 15 shares and 32 comments; plus
an additional 46 reactions in the
Lamma Island Hong Kong group.
This is definitely one of my most
popular photos so far. Nice. Maybe I should submit it to the
Lamma Calendar 2018?
Photo submissions starting soon, after the summer break, to become available
for charity at the
Lamma Fun Day 2017!
P.S. Just got the automatic pop-up below on my Facebook Timeline:
This photo above pushed my total Likes so far over 30,000,
up 1,000 in >1 month.
Nice to get all this feedback on my photos; it helps to improve my still
quite rudimentary photography skills.
This is what happens to a color laser-printed poster after a few weeks on a
rain-lashed, open-air billboard.
It all started as a little local
phpPBB forum
15 years ago, see below. It has grown now into 61,671 posts (classifieds not
counted) and this entire website with thousands of Lamma-zine stories, 15
years of events, photo/multimedia galleries with tens of thousands of
photos, etc.
Is it high time for a complete overhaul, technically and design-wise, a
major relaunch after the summer holidays? Maybe, perhaps...
What is this contraption that appeared today just off the Pak Kok ferry
pier? I took a few smartphone snaps...
CEDD replying to my enquiry a few weeks ago:
"This Office is planning to reconstruct the Pak Kok Pier on Lamma Island.
The proposed pier will be a structure extending from the existing pier and
provide alongside berthing.
The project is now at planning and preliminary design stage. Subject to
the completion of the pre-construction work and availability of funding, it
is striven to commence the works tentatively in late 2019 for completion in
2021.
To facilitate the design work, marine ground investigation works will be
carried out in the vicinity of the existing pier from mid July 2017 for
about two months. Please note that there are no links for this project."
A close-up while passing by on the ferry, showing the marine site
investigation boat transforming into a raised platform:
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One more picture, shot from my flat's rooftop. Is this a new exit ramp for
ferry passengers?
More pictures to follow soon, hopefully together with a sunset like this
(zooming out from the very same vantage point above):
P.S. Just in case you're wondering why the HK Govt. is finally
getting serious about rebuilding this very dangerous ferry pier, have a look
at this Lamma-zine story, 1 year ago.
Local pressure on the Govt. can get results, but only if it's applied by the
"right" people and if they are very patient:
Lamma VIPs @ Pak Kok Ferry Pier
Excerpt from our regular reviewer
Nick the Bookman latest work, adding to his Magnus Opus,
DOWN & UP:
"So heartfelt thanks to One and All. You're on The Roll Of Honour. You
all reaffirmed my belief in the niceness of Lamma folk. Willing to rally
around. Year after year. Marilena and I both love living here. It's a great
community. Look after the children is Rule One. No kids. No future. There
are great support systems in place.
Above all: Lamma is Safe. Which is becoming a scarcer
value globally. I've started coming out of my depression and am
re-thinking my decision not to go to the Island School
Reunion..."
Read the full review...
Khachapury, a Georgian specialty, kind of a
pizza with very soft scrambled egg topping for dunking, was enjoyed for late lunch in Just Kitchen
in YSW yesterday. Georgian specialties in a Chinese fishing
village? Wonders Never Cease, as my former
One of the very few restaurant in all of HK with any specialties
from former Soviet republic Georgia, original home of restaurant
manager Sam, who wrote down the dish name for me.
HK's rare Russian restaurants sometimes have a few Georgian
specialties, but reviews seem mixed.
Here's a fine
SCMP story about Georgian cuisine:
"Ajarian Khachapuri, perfect wet-weather food. A cross
between a canoe-shaped pizza and naan bread, it arrived awash
with cheese and on the top wobbled an almost raw egg, swimming
in a pool of butter."
Yes, that's a perfect description of my lunch yesterday!
Looking forward to Sulguni Rolls, Pkhali, Veal Chakapul or
Pork Odjakhur in our Just Kitchen in the near future, I hope?
Delicious their Khachapury below was, taken home the
leftovers were, and yummy they were, even after reheating...
Big excitement yesterday in our village of Yung
Shue Wan which is usually quite sleepy on a hot summer weekday
afternoon. During his daily
#30for30 YSW beach cleanup, Robert Lockyer discovered an
unexploded, 1-foot-long naval artillery shell on the beach just
behind The Waterfront Bar & Rest.
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Police has been informed and they brought in officers from
Explosive Ordnace Disposal Bureau to check out the
potential danger posed by this artillery shell from World War
II. I tagged along with the Lamma Police Chief Rachel (in casual
attire) and the police officers. Robert writes:
"Police said it was safe and less than 1%
chance of going off as the top (fuse) and inside had corroded
and washed clear over the years. However EOD (bomb squad)
removed it anyhow just to be safe."
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Apple Daily has been informed (not by the
Lamma-zine) and put a little breaking news video online almost immediately:
P.S. Lamma-zine stories re: 2 former bombs/shells found
on Lamma beaches:
2003: Power Station beach
2012: Mo Tat Wan beach
This morning after 5:48am.
Get up early, Lammaites, and get on the rooftop of your Village
House or some other high-enough location, it might well be worth
it!
Best sunrise/sunset views of the year these few weeks!
P.S. One more sunrise album?
Liao Ning Aircraft Carrier leaving HK this morning, viewed
from end of Cable Road, Pak Kok. Click for more pics and
comments:
 
Goodbye photo
shot from the drone live feed that the Lamma policeman and a
friend are watching above. Typically Lamma?
Congratulations to HK Electric for adding yet
another 2 awards to their fast-growing collection! They were so
pleased about these awards ("beaming with pride") that
they issued one of their very informative press releases:
HK Electric Shines in International Competition on Second Life
for Retired EV Batteries
Managing Director
of HK Electric, Mr. Wan Chi-tin (middle front row), seen sharing
in the joy of the teams that won the championship and the second
runner-up, the Best "Viability" Award and Best "Value & Impact"
Award in the International Competition.
"Two HK Electric teams have won the first and third prizes
in the Open Group of an international competition involving the
use of batteries from retired electric vehicles (EVs).
Organised by the Environment Bureau, the competition on
Second Life for Retired Batteries from Electric Vehicles was the
first ever held in Hong Kong. The winning team's proposal on a
hybrid battery energy storage system for an off-grid solar power
system on Po Toi Island also won the Best "Viability" Award and
the Best "Value & Impact" Award.
Managing Director of HK Electric, Mr. Wan Chi-tin, was
beaming with pride when he noted that the two Company teams were
the only local teams among the five finalists."
P.S. 1: There's a solar
power storage system on Lamma's sister island, Po Toi.
I've just learnt this from the press release above ("The
Project Division of HK Electric and PolyU researchers joined
hands to study the application of retired EV batteries in the
solar power storage system on Po Toi Island.").
Got to investigate soon...
P.S. 2:
HK Electric's
e-Bill and Autopay Promotion is still running. Sign up
for a cash incentive and lucky draws.
P.S. 3:
We're organising another
Visit to the Lamma Power Station for Lamma residents,
after a break of a few years:
Sign up for this week-day-only, age 15+ tour next month.
Video by China Daily...
I've been w atching the Chin. aircraft carrier Liao
Ning pass through the Lamma East Channel, zoomed in from my Pak Kok Village
rooftop. Click for photo album and much more info:
Print posters for North Lamma... Want to get some?
Lamma Events Calendar -
July '17: http://Lamma.com.hk/index_events.htm
2017 Lamma Calendar page this month, showing sunset at the Pak Kok ferry
pier. Somebody left an old couch at the pier and my neighbour, The
Mysterious Mr. B, sax player from Thinking Out Loud days (one of
the many bands of ex-Lammaite Chris B of Underground), took the
opportunity to admire the sunset, a very popular pastime at the
sunset-facing North Lamma piers and many a local rooftop.
I've been taking this quick smartphone snapshot, after convincing Mr. B to
pose for me on the couch, and the rest is (Lamma) history now, published for
posterity in the official 2017 Lamma Calendar. All soooo
Typically Lamma, in my humble opinion...
The main organiser behind this
yearly charity project...
"...is happy to announce that the calendar has raised HK$42,500 so far
this year. Donations of $14,166 have been submitted to the three
beneficiaries; The Child Welfare Scheme (CWSHK), Lamma Animal Protection
(LAW), and One Million Words."
By the way, the Lamma-shaped silver pendant, top middle of the calendar, is
part of the hanger I use for the calendar; cast locally by a jewelry maker.
Two stories from our regular correspondent
Nick the Bookman
today:
"So heartfelt thanks to One and All. You're on The Roll Of Honour. You
all reaffirmed my belief in the niceness of Lamma folk. Willing to rally
around..."
Read Nick's two stories...
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