It's all just a joke.

As a previous poster pointed out..... the removal of bikes will help the disabled.

I beg to differ. The tax payers money spent could be used in a much more constructive way if it actually DID help the elderly or people who can't move around as well or disabled.. I'm all for that. Ramps in necessary places, etc... I am happy to spend my tax money to help others. (not rich greedy builders with no morals or greedy landlords though)

but to remove bikes (which do lend a 'disappearing charm' to Hong Kong).. will only result in frustration (from taxpayers and a waste of money) and a major gridlock once you get to the end of the ferry pier.

So let's imagine.... a pier devoid of bikes (and a uniqueness in this modern world) and 8 people walking abreast along the ferry pier....... then we all get to the 'boring grey wall, the chain link fence, the rubbish dump at the entry to the main street, then the sewage construction and cordoned off roads.

Welcome to Lamma .... yeah......

It's just a joke.

But then again.... YLF seems to hang out and answer to the builders and landowners, the ones that build illegal third floor flats All over the island and dump at will their waste, so what can we expect.

Money could be well spent to beautify Lamma in a much bigger way, which will lead to progress, more jobs, etc..... if that is what the community needs, but it's just money wastage and a disgrace.

I agree 100%. Time to look for an alternative to Lamma.

There are about a million things that are more in need than a bicycle parking platform. As someone has pointed out the cost per bike park is ridiculous. Given that only a small minority of people on the island ride bikes it will not even be used by the huge majority. Even those that ride bikes seem opposed to it.

Like you say there are so many more uses for that money. Such a shame.

I have also lived in the NT and unfortunately the same sort of scandals go on there as the village leaders are very powerful.

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The signature campaign has been going on for several days now, including inside restaurants on Main Street and at the Lunar New Year Carnival last Friday.

There are two different forms to give a name and signature, one for visitors and one for residents.

The signature campaign is specific for the Library location of the Cycle Parking Area platform, not asking the more general question if you want a CPA in general, for example considering the illegal platform opposite the Post Office.

The only documentation provided for people is the Govt. announcement about the G.N. 130 project, see below. Plus the map of the project.

A stack of sheets of signature has been collected and quite a number of non-Chinese have signed as well. They seem to be trying to break the record of 3,000 signatures collected a few years ago on this subject.

Comments can be submitted till Mar 6, see below.

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Yes I saw an old lady with a few young girls asking for signatures on Sat morning. Simply showed a map highlighting the new bicycle park. I walked away. Also saw a signature page outside the convenience store at the top of Tai Peng hill. I'm new to Lamma and quite disappointed with the govt spending money on useless things.

Yes, a number of local shops and restaurants have joined in the signature campaign. One restaurant owner (not a biker) commented something like, "Bike park anywhere is good, money from govt. good for local economy, sign here!"



There was some confusion about the size of the bike park, as the govt. announcement and map shown to everybody is only showing a huge, much larger "Works Area" extending half the ferry pier length, but not the actual CPA platform only. See maps below.





The former maps were talking about a "reclamation", creating a new seawall. But the latest maps only mention a "platform", not a reclamation anymore, leaving the seashore and the rocks below the platform. There's also a gap now between the current bridge and the platform, unlike the former maps which connected the reclamation to the seashore.
Maybe an effort by govt. to make the highly controversial project more acceptable to the passionate local opposition?

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Thanks Allan for being vigilant on this for 3 years. I agree that the proposed bike park is overpriced, ugly and unnecessary. But how would it be worse? Do you mean in traffic flow, bottleneck etc?

What else can be done before March 6?