Lamma Island community website

	More Eco-Tourism? Aug 27 - "HK to develop 'eco-tourism' spots on Lamma"		Electricity Tariff Decrease Aug 26 - "...net tariff payable in Sep will be down by 9.9%, compared to Jan."
	Free Wine Tasting @ Restaurant 80 Aug 25 - "Calling All Wine Lovers! 80 Rest. & Bar needs your taste buds!"		Sell Your Art! Aug 24 - "Hand Made Crafts and Artisan Market - First Sunday of Every Month"
	Innovative Pier Project Aug 21 - The first project completed under the Pier Improvement Programme"		AllYouCanCook.com.hk Aug 20 - "Whether you're a leftover food magician, a refrigerator psychologist,..."
	Lammaisms? Aug 19 - "He looked like he'd been through a windturbine backwards."		M orning Visitor Aug 18 - "It is a Ptyas Mucosa... common rat snake."
	Lamma's Life Jungle Aug 14 - Life Jungle Association is committed to serving the community."		#Occupational SafetyandHealth Aug 13 - "The various departments of the HKEC won multiple categories at once!"
	Lamma Island Discs Aug 12 - CCJazzMen: LAMMA ISLAND DISCS, with former Island Bar's Dan Peterson.		Meet Nicole & Karen @ Powerstation Aug 11 - "Nicole, a first-level project engineer at HK Electric"
	YSW Public Pier & Catwalk Rebuilding Aug 10 - Reconstruction of YSW Public Pier and Catwalk in progress.		Stick Your Tongue Out at AI Aug 9 - AI-assisted health check in Rural Committee Bldg.
	Best of Lamma-zine 2024 Aug 8 - Even more stories in our complete 22-year archive		Population Census Data Aug 7 - More detailed census data...
	Want to Sell Power to HK Electric? Aug 6 - "HK Electric purchases electricity generated by customers’ renewable energy power systems."		Another Black Rainstorm! Aug 5 - The following ferry services have been suspended until further notice:
	Wildlife Wanderings Aug 2 - "The following ferry services have been suspended."		Pre-AI Experiments Aug 1 - What kind of digital graphics shenanigans did I get up to pre-AI?

南丫北體育會,南丫北義工隊,正福堂,
N. Lamma Sport Association, JIANG FOOK TONG writes on Aug 26:

"YSW 2025 Yu Lan Festival:
We will start the Jiao-festival on Aug 28 (6th July in Chin. calendar), Thursday evening.
We will pray for good weather conditions and no rain. Peace to all! Good luck and good fortune!"

The Development Bureau has invited the market to submit expressions of interest for developing the ex-Lamma quarry site.

This disused quarry is covering an area of around 25 hectares, including a 5-hectare artificial lake, would be “suitable for development as a high-end lakefront and hillside resort of up to 1,100 units of low-density housing.”

The marina is expected to provide 150-200 berths for yachts up to 50 metres long.

The project would allow developers to prioritise “money-making” items, such as building hotels and residential housing, but authorities would also ensure the construction of tourism facilities.

A very similar plan to develop the Lamma Island ex-quarry was introduced in 2012 but was dropped two years later.
Search for Lamma-zine stories about those plans...

"Fuel Clause Charge Adjustment in Sep brings Average Net Tariff 6.7% Lower than that in Jan '25"

"Taking a typical 3-person household consuming 275 units of electricity a month as an example, after factoring in the Government’s subsidy, the net tariff payable in Sep will be down by 9.9%, compared to Jan."

Tamara Norris writes: "Calling All Wine Lovers!
80 Restaurant & Bar needs your taste buds!
We’ve teamed up with Bin 852 for a free wine tasting extravaganza featuring 20 amazing wines.

Become a wine judge for the day and help us pick the perfect bottles for our wine list. This is your chance to boss what’s poured at your favorite spot!

When: Sunday, 3–5 PM
Where: 80 Restaurant & Bar (opposite Powerstation Beach) - Cost: Absolutely free!

Feel free to indulge in some snacks or dinner from the Chef’s specials menu. As an extra touch we'll host a lucky draw!
Attend the wine tasting - put your name in the pot for a chance to win a 48-year-old bottle of Champagne or a $300 dinner voucher for Restaurant 80!"

P.S. Wine tastings are back! A very rare event in YSW over the last few years, but just a day later, Lamma Grill announced their own event, but not free. See you there?

While we're all waiting patiently but anxiously for the massive, much-delayed HK$157+ milllion "Reconstruction of YSW Public Pier and Catwalk", let's see the video and detailed introduction in the Development Bureau's detailed blog entry of:

"Food industry annual event is here!
HK Electric's Happy Green Campaign Project Creative Polytechnic Competition will be closed soon!

Winners will receive up to HK$5,000 food and electrical cash coupons, plus extra day/Korean/Taiwan double round trip tickets.

Whether you're a leftover food magician, a refrigerator psychologist, or a kitchen creative king, sign up soon!"

Living on Lamma for 10+ years and still needs to ask what time the next ferry is."

Pam Boviz: "Our garden visitor this morning.
It is a Ptyas Mucosa, common rat snake. Sat there sunning itself for ages. Beautiful."

"Who We Are:
“Life” represents the life of different life forms on earth, whereas “Jungle” represents the tropical forest in which trees and plants grow, and forms the essential element of the earth.

Life Jungle Association is committed to serving the community especially the elderly and families in need, and actively promotes social services and ecological and cultural conservation activities.

The organization hopes to raise awareness on environmental and marine conservation and cultural heritage through experiential educational activities, social participation, and technological research and development.

"Staff from various departments of the HEC have teamed up to participate in this year's Occupational Safety and Health Quiz Competition, which also included the champions of different categories. The "Congress Champion" was won by another HEC brigade #ElectricityLight!

Find out that the Lamma Powerstation staff are working hard to provide safe, reliable and stable electricity services to Hong Kong, and are also working together to meet the company's Zero Accident goal!

Work together to promote occupational safety and health! Wishing the two teams of HK Electric's elite a triumphant return."

"The various departments of the HKEC won multiple categories at once! The winner of the "Dish Competition" is the Transport and Distribution Division team! They're about to represent Hong Kong and challenge the 11th HK and Macau Safety Knowledge Competition".

Recently, 佢哋 invited the HK Electric Safety Man (see above) to become their mascot and accompany their secret training."

"We’re off to the islands this Sunday morning to join long time Radio 3 supporter and Lamma legend, Dan Peterson. Dan has chosen a collection of classic island songs for us, including...
See you at the ferry pier!

Dan Peterson has been interviewed about Lamma in this podcast, promoting our island while introducing other island-related songs.

Quite a few mentions of his former, famous Island Bar. So much of their illustrious history has been covered and archived by my Island Bar historic Lamma-zine website.

"Nicole, a first-level project engineer at HK Electric, felt that large-scale machinery and construction were fascinating, so at university she chose to study mechanical engineering, and joined the HK Electric family after graduation.

Over the past few years, the Lamma Powerstation has participated in the "from coal to gas" transition, including the construction of new natural gas generator sets, the removal of coal-fired facilities, the lifting of power generator parts, weighing up to 100 tons, and the removal of a coal unloading machine at sea, all thanks to Nicole's careful planning and inter-agency collaboration.

Hands-on Nicole laughs that she doesn't just like to sit in the office. As a project engineer she's just taking the opportunity to challenge herself in the complex environment of the construction sites, the sweat is worth it.

Encourage like-minded sisters to join together in the future and become an engineer!"

Reconstruction of YSW Public Pier and Catwalk in progress. Delayed target date: July '26.
Estimated cost: HK$157.4 milllion.

AI-assisted health check in Rural Committee Bldg. (opposite YSW HSBC) today, all day!
Very comprehensive results in just minutes!
Highly recommended, we did it yesterday.

Even more stories in our complete 23-year archive of all Lamma-zine stories ever published...

"In support of development of distributed renewable energy for decarbonising electricity, HK Electric purchases electricity generated by customers’ renewable energy power systems (REPS) at Feed-in Tariff (FiT) rates.
The FiT payment can be made by crediting to electricity account, by cheque or bank account transfer."

"Update: 5 August 2025 7:40am
The Rainstorm Warning Signal is now Black and will at least remain in force until 3 p.m.

The following ferry services have been suspended until further notice:
1) Between Aberdeen to Pak Kok Tsuen & Yung Shue Wan..."

Last Black Rainstorm, path from Pak Kok to Tai Peng. Photo by Daniel Clarke. Plus a YSW Back Street staircase, today.

What kind of digital graphics experiments did I get up to pre-AI image generation? For example, 5 years ago:

Karen Taylor's amazing drawing (1st picture) inspired me to create a series of computer graphics "hybrids". I still like her original best, but it was great, inspiring fun to play around with.