Nov 28:  Electricity Tariff Increase

2023 Tariff Adjustments of 5.5%, due to massive fuel price increases in gas and oil worldwide:

"HK Electric announced today the Average Net Tariff for January 2023 will be adjusted to 197 cents per unit of electricity, up by 10.2 cents, an increase of 5.5% compared to November 2022.

To alleviate the tariff burden of small and medium enterprises and underprivileged families, HK Electric will set aside $95 million to provide a series of relief measures and energy efficiency promotion, including a 'Special Electricity Subsidy' benefitting around half of HK Electric's residential customers."

Nov 27:  Live Music Amidst the Veggies

This is Piacere Winds' first performance here on Lamma: "Wind quartet. Spread our joy of playing, tasting music 'a piacere' (at pleasure in Italian)."
Let's make it the beginning of many more! Click above for a video of their performance.

Organised by Seven Foot Six And A Half & Lok Yin Farm.

We should all support these community events, as they're all volunteers! From 5pm today.

Contact them on Instagram or Facebook if you want one in your area, they want more collaboration with farms. Appreciative audiences on the path and in the field in the Yung Shue Long valley, below Tai Peng:

Nov 26:  Moths & Insects of Lamma

Stanley Chan's (Living Lamma) latest 2 books about the moths and insects of Lamma covers more than 700 different species!

You can buy the books from the shop 南丫部落 Lamma Corner Enjoy the beauty of Lamma's biodiversity!

Nov 25:  Snowy YSW Village

This nice poster is using my "Snowy Christmas @ YSW Main Street" image. I've created it AI-assisted just yesterday, no photo has been used at all.

It might also be featured in my Lamma 2023 printed calendar-in-progress.

Here's the first AI-assisted version of my YSW Main Street image without snow:

Nov 19:  Minami Island?

Google translation needs a lot more work to become at least reasonably accurate! Translation from a Chinese post in the Lamma Island Community Sharing Group 南丫島社區分享組:

"請問各位大大, 南丫島有否火鍋料及海鮮類賣?"

My wife Lamma-Por translates so much better!
"Want to ask everyone, can we get on Lamma hot pot materials/food and seafood?"

Nov 14:  Pier Opening Day!

In case you're wondering how much the new pier cost. Budget below: HK$72.4 million.

P.S. Local visitors are flocking to the ferry to see the new pier this week! I'v never seen so many people on the Pak Kok pier! It's even hard to get a good seat on the ferry, which is unheard of!

The pier has also become very popular with fishermen. Sometime there are quite a few more using the pier than actual ferry passengers waiting!

Some ferries are still docking nose-first on the new pier (like at the old pier) as there are some teething problems with getting passengers safely on/off the ferries.

A few days later, for the first time ever (to my knowledge), the ferry was full and some people had to be turned away, having to take a sampan for their visit to Pak Kok, avoiding a 2.5-hour wait for the next ferry. Ferry boats and schedules will not change, as this mad rush this week is probably very temporary.

More pictures of this historic day?

David Ogg Photography ~ Transit Jam

Nov 13:  Where On Lamma?

Starting a new series of letting people guess where some of my Lamma pictures have been taken, starting with the tunnel photo below.

But these 4 photos caused a record lot of reactions (50!), plus 63 comments! I even put up a reward, but it still took a few days to get the correct answer.

The best, but angry comment I received was from Lamma Fermenter:

"So an utterly bollocks waste of time, prescient of the coming destruction of truth, freedom and democracy in the world with deep fake videos."

Why such a strong reaction? Well, these 4 pictures are completely artificial, generated by an AI text-to-image generator from a quite simple text prompt, no photos used!

Lamma Fermenter's comment caused me to use his text verbatim as a prompt for my favourite amongst the rapidly growing number of AI text-to-image art generators online, prefixing it with "An AI artist who engages in an utterly bollocks waste of time, ..." Describes me quite well, I think?

These are the 'best' 4 results I got. As always, you can click to enlarge any of my images or photos in this Lamma-zine:

Nov 11:  Afternoon Stroll Discoveries

Exploring my Pak Kok Village neighbourhood a few days ago, discovering some brand-new, fascinating sights.

But where on Lamma is that tunnel??

Nov 4:  First Trial of New Pier

First-ever ferry trial-berthing on the inside and outside of the new Pak Kok pier, after 10am this morning!
Thank you, Tsui Wah Ferry, for informing me.
It'll start operation in mid-Nov, date tbc.
Same ferry schedule and boats. More pics ...

Nov 2:  Typhoon Nalgae: T8 Raised

The new Pak Kok ferry pier under a T3 signal (photo by DJ Clark)

Tsui Wah Ferry: "Aberdeen to Pak Kok to Yung Shue Wan,
last sailings from:
Aberdeen: 1:45pm - Yung Shue Wan: 2:20pm"

"Chuen Kee Ferry Ltd, due to the approaching typhoon, the last ferry schedule will be as follows: Aberdeen - Sok Kwu Wan 12:30pm Sok Kwu Wan - Aberdeen 1:15pm"

Typhoon day! T8 signal just went up at 1:40pm. Lamma's famous typhoon parties in bars and homes can commence now!