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We're Being
Surveyed!
Jul 23 -
"YSW Pier Improvement Opinion Survey. Sense of Place and Well-being
Survey."
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Home Sweet Home, YSW
Jul 22
- "An original
collage created for Ewan, captain of the young Lamma Dragons."
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Wasp vs. Spider
Jul 21 -
"The spider will be dragged off to its lair, still alive, and used to
incubate the wasp's eggs."
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Pirate Treasure Map
Jul 14
- "Some say the
three treasures of Hamish McYardley are still buried on Lamma Island to this
day."
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Jul 23:
Nikky Kok:
"Good Morning, Lammaites!
I'm a student at HKU and a
happy Lamma resident.
Currently, I am doing a
research project on our
community.
The focus is
on food and food culture.
I'll be grateful if you can
fill out this brief survey.
It should take less than 5
minutes. You can PM me if
you have any questions.
Thank you for your help and
have a nice day!"
Survey Street Stations: July 18-26
CEDD Study for Pier Improvement
at YSW
Jul 22:
Katie Flowers of
Wild at Art & Studios
writes:
"Home Sweet Home, Yung Shue
Wan Lamma island;
an original
collage created for the lovely
Ewan, captain of the young Lamma
Dragons. Well coordinated Liz
Gower and Lia!"
Jul 21:
Mark Malby of
Mute Planet writes:
"Just one of the many dramas
that unfolds on a Lamma weekend!
Wasp vs Spider. A
Yellow-headed Spider Wasp
(Leptodialepis bipartitus) takes
down a much bigger
Huntsman spider
(Heteropoda venatoria),
paralysing it with a sting.
The spider will be dragged off
to its lair, still alive, and
used to incubate the wasp's
eggs, dying only when the larvae
eat it from inside."
Jul 16:
A first for drone photography of
Lamma I've seen over the years,
a thermal view of N. Lamma!
Mark Malby of
Mute Planet writes:
"'I'll
tell you how the sun rose, a
ribbon at a time.' (Emily
Dickinson).
How different the
world looks through a thermal
photographic lens."
How about a 360-degree photo
from
Mute Planet,
hovering high above YSW Harbour?
Click and drag to look around:
Plus a sunrise drone photo from
Mark, Lamma's Drone Photography
Master,
rarely seen as it's very
challenging
to fly a drone at night, easy to
lose it forever. Sunrise over
the Powerstation, impossible to
shoot from Lamma itself, because
of the
Powerstation's location.
I've tried years ago to get a
similar angle of a Powerstation
sunrise photo from the first
morning ferries to Cheung Chau,
but couldn't achieve the print
cover quality required.
"'Any sufficiently
advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic' - Arthur C. Clarke.
A
summer sun rises behind the
massive complex of the HK
Electric power station on Lamma
Island. (All photographs:
Mark Malby)"
Jul 15:
Message from HK
Electric:
"· We were informed by one of
our outsourced security guards
today that he has tested
positive for COVID-19 and
classified as probable case.
· The infected case works at
Lamma Power Station and the last
time he reported duty was last
Friday on night shift. He has
been wearing masks in the
workplace and has no contact
with customers or the public.
· He is admitted to Alice Ho
Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in
Tai Po for treatment in stable
condition.
· Power supply at HK
Electric is not affected by this
incident.
· Other than the
precautionary measures that are
already in place, additional
cleaning and disinfection have
been arranged at the workplace
of the confirmed case, as well
as the company ferries
travelling to and from Lamma
Power Station. The Company has
also requested the contractor
concerned to arrange staff
members who have had close
contacts with the confirmed case
to be put under quarantine.
· The spokesman reiterated
that HK Electric places great
emphasis on staff and
contractors safety. Since the
outbreak of the pandemic, the
Company has strengthened the
daily cleaning and disinfection
measures which include setting
up temperature monitoring system
in all office premises,
providing hand sanitising gel as
well as reminding staff to wear
masks always and maintaining
social distance constantly."
P.S.
Update from
HK Electric:
The infected power station
security guard has tested
negative on the 2nd test, so
he's not a "confirmed case" yet.
He'll remain in quarantine and
will be tested again soon.
Jul 14:
Yardley Brothers Beer
@
The Beer Shack
write:
"Ahoy, ye scurvy bilge rats!
Some say the three treasures of
Hamish McYardley are still
buried on Lamma Island to this
day... If ye be lucky enough to
come across a map, follow it to
find glory and untold riches!
"The legend of the S.E.A.
Sour begins on an island near
the coast of Hong Kong, where
the four shipwrecked sons of
Hamish McYardley, Scotland's
least successful pirate,
discovered three chests each
filled with a grog so
thirst-quenchingly sour it could
drive a man to murder...
"The boys were never seen
again, and neither was the grog.
Some say it's still buried in
those hills... waiting for
somebody brave and thirsty
enough to find it."
The 3 treasure chests' locations
are marked on the map above.
"The first of the 3
treasures
has been found!
Congratulations Andre Leigh and
friends! Head to The Beer Shack
to get a well earned tankard of
ale!
2 more are out there
somewhere...."
"S.E.A.
Sour has washed
ashore!
This experimental
sour beer was made with
Rhizophus oryzae fungus, then
kettle soured with
lactobacillus. Rhizophus oryzae
has been used in South East
Asian cooking and alcohol
production through history. We
have used it to give the S.E.A.
Sour a tropical and funky
wine-like pineapple character.
This limited-edition, very
unique sour beer will be
available next week!"
It all sounds like another trip
to YSW Back Street is in order,
enjoying their latest
Beer Shack offer of
4 beers from their 9 taps for
just $120!
Jul 8:
A summary of the report on the
"Pier Improvement" works at YSW Ferry
Pier has been uploaded, click
above.
View the ongoing discussions
among residents...
(The cover for the new pier
walkway and the measures to
block illegal bike parking along
the walkway are highly
controversial.)
 A
Commentary Seminar
has been organised by residents
concern group
WE Lamma on June 30
in Spicy Island with CEDD and
Arup HK (consultants team) and
about 40 Lamma North residents.
View the highly informative
meeting notes...
P.S. You'll
have to join the private
Lamma Island Residents
FB group (I co-moderate) to view
many of the Lamma-zine-FB links.
Jul 5:
My latest Creative Experiment
from today, started as a CG
sunset, then it progressed by
computing it all overnight into
something that looks like the
burnt-out future hull of our
sun, a few billion years into
the future?
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