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Feb
20:
Nick & Marilena's New Puppy Dog
 
After months of sad doglessness,
this famous dog-loving couple
finally got a new, 4-month old
puppy from a litter of 4 (mum at
the top).
Congrats and many thanks to
Kïdmân Ky for the puppy
and the photos!
Feb
17:
Shout-out to Tsui Wah Ferry!
Big and very grateful shout-out
to the Tsui Wah ferry staff!
I've left my mobile phone on the
seat in the ferry from Aberdeen
to Pak Kok today, first time
ever.
I waited at this PK
pier above 20 minutes for the
ferry to return from YSW.
Boarding the ferry, the staff
handed me my phone, before I
could even ask them! The
benefits of being a regular
passenger...
Feb
16:
Got a Smart Meter?
Have you got a smart electric
meter installed already?
HK Electric replaces and
installs smart meters in most
areas on HK Island and Lamma
Island. It is expected that the
installation for all customers
will be completed by the end of
this year.
Through the App, customers can
check their daily and
half-hourly energy consumption,
understand their usage habits
and patterns, and make informed
choices about their energy use.
It's got a consumption alert
function, notifying when the
usage reaches a specified
percentage of the last monthly
bill.
Customers with smart meters
installed on their premises will
receive a notification, inviting
them to download the HK
Electric App and register
for an "Account-On-Line" account
to manage their energy usage.
For details, please
click the hyperlink.
Feb
13:
Become an Animal Volunteer
ANIMAL VOLUNTEER DAY:
February good stuff flash sale day.
Date|Time: 2025.02.16 |
1200-1800
Location: Life.
Together Lamma
G/F, 21A
Tai Yuen Village, Yung Shue Wan
Feb
12:
Valentine's Day: Indian or
African?
As a former rural Chinese
fishing village, it's amazing
how diverse the restaurant
offerings are on Lamma!
If
you and your Valentine's date
don't fancy Indian or African,
you can also choose these
cuisines in YSW besides various
Chinese ones:
Thai, Japanese, Singaporean,
Malaysian, Spanish, Turkish, Sri
Lankan, Mexican, French,
Italian, Mediterranean, British,
American, South-African,
Western, HK-style, Vegetarian,
etc.
About 80 Lamma
restaurants listed on
OpenRice.com!
Feb
11:
Dickstock 2025 & Ravecation 3.0
 
Upcoming concerts with many
bands and DJs! Especially
Dickstock has a long and
illustrious history on Lamma, 30
years!
P.S. Feb 19: Mar 8 on
Power Station Beach! Video:
Feb
8:
Lamma Unicorn Dancing
The Lamma Unicorn (not a lion!) dancing along
YSW Main Street, blessing shops
and restaurants along the way.
I caught the Lamma Unicorn
troupe (North
Lamma Sport Association)
on the ferry from YSW to Pak Kok
today:
"Congratulations on making a
fortune 2025, January 12th, the
North Lamma Sport Association
went to the villages of Yung
Shue Wan to celebrate the New
Year.
Happy New Year to
everyone. Longma spirit, good
health, happy life. Good luck.
Good luck. Tai Shan Village, Sha
Po Village, Ko Long Tsai
Village. Pak Kok Village:"
Sok Kwu Wan videos:
Feb
7:
Spotlights of the Week
Lamma Photo, Video, Wildlife,
Bird, Webcam, Artwork of the
Week has been resumed. Click
above to zoom and view the full
videos and view former pictures
and videos.
Feb
2:
Photobomber Alert!
Click above and then zoom in to
identify the photobomber of this
group of weekend tourist ladies
strolling to/from the public
Hung Shing Yeh beach.
Submitted to
Photo of the Week by Melissa Lo. Thank you!
Send me your
Lamma-related photo to be
featured on the right side of
this page.
View former Photos of the Week.
Feb
1:
We Love Living Here
1. Another sunny, bracing day in
YSW. View from Po Wah Yuen by
Rob Aldridge, demonstrating
why he loves living here.
2. Why I love living here: My
photo this morning from
Jaybird rest. on YSW
Main Street.
Jan
29:
Happy CNY of the Snake!
Jan
28:
Cleaning for CNY
Tips from HK Electric how to
deep-clean your home for CNY:
"3
tips to help everyone clean up
the house and ensure the safety
of your household electricity,
remove mould, and bring good
luck in the new year! ..."
Click
See Translation
Jan
27:
'Happy Soul'
Post in the ancient Lamma Island FB group by
Rob Aldridge:
"Just because I love living
on Lamma."
Jan
26:
'Love Living Here'
Another sunny, bracing day in
YSW.
View from Po Wah Yuen by
Rob Aldridge,
demonstrating why he loves
living here.
Why I love living here: My photo
this morning from
Jaybird rest. on YSW
Main Street.
Jan
24:
Lamma Monopoly
Look what I picked up at the YSW
Christmas Market last month!
So many locations and places on
this great, unique, fully
localised and well-designed
poster.
Carot Ams writes:
"Hi, that's my poster !!s my poster !!
They're available at
Dale Candela and
Los Gangstas, all
profits go to Bloom HK
charity! Ty for posting ! :))"
Click to
zoom in:
Jan
23:
Another Trade Winds Move
Going to the Pak Kok ferry pier,
we encountered another
Trade Winds Transport,
moving in one more family to Pak
Kok.
This is exactly how we moved
from YSW to Pak Kok a few years
ago, our regular movers,
Trade Winds Transport
taking expert care of all aspects of
the move, packing/unpacking
everything, hiring the junk and
VVs....
Jan
22:
Emergency Drill by HK Electric
Emergency Drill by HK Electric
and HK Tramways Enhances
Communication and Coordination
"HK Electric conducted a joint
emergency power restoration
drill with Hong Kong Tramways
Limited ('HK Tramways') in the
early hours of 19 January 2025,
enhancing communication and
emergency coordination in the
event of an unexpected incident.
HK
Electric regularly organises
drills and simulation training
to handle different types of
emergencies. These include
responding to power system
failures caused by unexpected
incidents, emergency supply
restoration, chemical spills,
and handling possible
emergencies in confined spaces
safely."
Read more...
Jan
21:
'Home Is Where the Heart Is' 
I've just came across this handy
services in the
Halo Lamma shop (in
front of Pets Village on Back
Street, opposite the outdoor Dai
Pai Dong):
 
Buy a Lamma photo postcard from
them and have them mail it to
your friends and family
overseas. You can even get
them to mail it up to 6 months
later for a birthday, special
occasion or a festival).
Choose
your postcard in the shop or
select it on
Halo Lamma.
Jan
15:
When Fishermen Don't Catch Fish
As the
old saying goes, 'It's better to
teach a man to fish than to give
him a fish.'
With the support
of
#Fisheries
Enhancement Subsidy scheme
by Govt., with support by
HK Electric, a group of
Hong Kong fishermen have
demonstrated how to help the
industry transform and add
value!
Through fishing demonstrations,
fishermen not only educate the
public about traditional fishing
culture, but also to promote
marine conservation.
During fishing breaks or when
they're not allowed fishing,
winter/summer moratorium, they
also equip themselves as
instructors to teach
snorkelling, stand-up
paddleboarding and rowing to
generate new income by creating
new sources of income and
continue to make a living during
the off-season.
Read more...
Jan
14:
Picking Up Free Goodies
We
picked up our CNY freebies for
65+ today from the Rural
Committee bldg. today:
5kg of
Thai rice, orange juice, cream
crackers, saltines and CNY cake,
all sponsored by
HK Electric.
Thank you!
Many more rice bags & goodie
bags (450 in total?) are
awaiting pickup, well-guarded by
the lions from the lion dance
performance yesterday:
Jan
11:
Heading Home to Lamma, 1997
View from a Lamma rooftop last
century.
Same unchanged view nowadays!
A really great story by
James Wren who lived on
Lamma in 1997 for half a year
only. It's made deep and lasting
impressions on him as he's still
writing about them on social
media nowadays!
He's trying
to get a book published with his
many HK stories from last
century, maybe there might be
people out there who could help
with that? Read some of his
stories on
Facebook and contact him
on
his website.
Heading Home to Lamma, 1997
"Work is done, and the city
sounds fade away. A Discovery
Bay ferry glides past us, but
we're not rushing. We take it
slow and steady. Seated at the
back of the ferry with friends,
we tuck into noodles and enjoy a
beer or two, passing the Lippo
towers and Kennedy Town as the
sun sets.
A warm breeze, a pink and amber
sky. 25 minutes to go, but
there's no hurry—every journey
home feels magical. A slow turn
to port as we say goodbye to the
last of the city. A cooler
breeze and smoother seas.
In the distance, the power
station chimneys reach to the
heavens telling us we're nearly
home. As we edge slowly into
Yung Shue Wan, it feels a
thousand miles from Central. The
air carries a fragrant warmth
and smells of the harbour. Water
laps against the shore, as small
boats gently bob, reflecting a
slower pace of life.
We walk along the pier at
twilight, listening to the soft
sound of conversations from
nearby restaurants. Lobsters and
crabs in tanks climb over one
another, and the aroma of
evening meals fills the air.
Customers chat, plates of food
and dim sum steamers are carried
across the path to hungry
patrons. Cantopop from the
kitchen, and the sound of a
giant wok full of noodles being
tossed and turned.
The sound of flip-flops slapping
against soles, as conversations
in Cantonese, English, and
Filipino fill the air. A stray
dog patrols the pathway, its
nose twitching as it looks
longingly for scraps.
We greet
Nick the Bookman,
he's packing up his books near
the bank. Children on bicycles
ring their bells, weaving in and
out of the crowd. Lizards scurry
across the narrow pathways that
lead up to apartment blocks,
shaded by lush vegetation and
the sweet scent of frangipani
and jasmine.
Thoughts turn to the Friday
night ahead—a barbecue on our
rooftop in Tai Peng. Just a few
friends and memories to last a
lifetime." More Lamma stories by
James in the
Hong Kong Posse
1995-1996 Facebook
group. So many current and
former Lammaites commented on
his most recent HK memories:
"It was one muggy morning on
Lamma when it finally hit me."
Jan
10:
Top 5 Posts of HK Electric's
Facebook
HK Electric's Chinese Facebook page
堅尼地道44號 (44 Kennedy
Road, their HQ on HK Island.
Click 'See Translation') had 149
posts last year.
These are
the top 5 most popular posts and
what was #1? A coral survey of
the Lamma Powerstation's
surrounding ocean!
Well, without delay, here are
their top 5 posts with the most
reactions in 2024:
-
The secret of the Lamma
Powerstation - Coexisting
with the ocean:
https://shorturl.at/Fmls4
-
Tales of looking for their
origin country - Night Tour
in Tai Tam:
https://shorturl.at/EgtWy
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The whole city goes plastic:
https://shorturl.at/4K0T0
-
Street lights photo spot:
https://shorturl.at/ghSuu
-
The green dragon and kian
are a second blessing:
https://shorturl.at/lfPSl
The page's editor talked about
the green life, energy saving
& carbon reduction tips, promotion of street lights
& a green dragon...
Jan
9:
Get a Lamma Tattoo?
A new tattoo shop opened close
to the end of YSW Main Street,
next house after the former
Bookworm Cafe, offering Lamma-shaped tattoos,
see above.
Quite a few of
Lamma's teenagers and even
adults are sporting these, proud
of growing up or living on Lamma
for a long time. Or get another
amazing design from Tash's
extensive collection in her
Tiny Tattoo Shop:
Contact via her
Instagram page (if you dare!):
Jan
8:
1
Village House/Family
So many new village houses are
going up, but Lamma's overall
population has been stagnant for
many years.
One explanation
for this might be that more and
more well-off families occupy
2-3 floors, often the entire
village house which means much
more space/person. 5 of our 6
nearest neighbours are
single-family village houses.
Lamma's got a population of
6,500 officially, according to
the 5-yealy census data,
remaining quite stable for the
last 20 years. But the makeup of
the population has changed a
lot. YSW is becoming more of an
increasingly affluent suburb of
HK Island where more and more
Lammaites commute to daily, plus
more people working from home,
like myself.
Jan
7:
Stingray Sighting
I've shot these photos today
from the Lamma ferry at the
Aberdeen pier. Such a rare
sighting, it even got the ferry
staff excited. My photos above
received almost 200 reactions on
Facebook; a new personal record
as most of my 2.3K Friends are
selected to be only (ex-)Lammaites or people interested
in Lamma-related matters.
Jan
1:
Happy New Year!
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