Oct 31:  Filming @ New Pak Kok Pier

Filming a new Pak Kok pier video today for CEDD Dept. with interviews of staff of CEDD and the construction co., plus some residents.
Soft opening (no event) mid-Nov, date tbc.
I've just interviewed a CEDD Asst. Engineer:

PIER FACILITIES:  Free Wi-fi in pier area,
5G cell tower covering much of Pak Kok,
TV screens with ferry time table and up-to-date weather info, like typhoon warnings, including last ferry time before typhoon hits,
water fountain, USB charging ports,
TV playing a pier info/construction/animation video,
solar cells on rooftop, with battery storage,
decorative wooden trellis under roof.

Only the very best for HK$72+ million for 200 passenger trips/day!

Ferry schedule and boats will remain exactly the same for the time being and no fare increases, according to Tsui Wah ferry.

PK pier is the first one to be completed in the CEDD's Pier Improvement Programme of 10 piers HK-wide, Phase 1 (includes YSW pier renovation-in-progress).

Sok Kwu Wan main pier will be renovated in Phase 2: 13 more piers.
The YSW pier gangway will be torn down & rebuilt: no schedule yet.

More info - Comments

Oct 30:  Nick & Naomi @ Halloween

My Halloweenified transformations of Lamma visitor Naomi's photo at Nick the Bookman's new regular spot (opposite the YSW bike shop)

Oct 14:  Best Lamma-zine Photos?

Click for 1 year of my best Lamma-zine picture collages (Oct '12-Oct '13, © Lamma-Gung.

So little has changed in my photos of Lamma from 9 years ago. Just a few of them are outdated by now, mainly people photos.

Oct 1:  10 Years Since Lamma Ferry Disaster

10 years today since the deadly crash, killing 39 passengers, but still no release of the complete report for the victims' families:

Original story from Oct 1, 2012