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I am afraid this is just joining the lament over the lost case. The authorities are not able set up some reasonable zoning. They will use Lamma to trumpet the Govt. care of environment and will present it as an achievement until it will be entirely devastated by development (actually this word is misleading).

Building across the water courses, dumping in them, excavating in them, polluting them, is the worst possible crime and it is prevented by law in many countries; not sure how is it in HK.

The creek is still alive. Just few weeks ago I watched a turtle hunting and eating a frog in that short section from the culvert to concrete nullah. Few days ago there were some fresh water fish grazing on algae covering the cobbles in the same stretch. This is all despite the cataclysm of recent earthworks up the stream, Tai Peng sewage discharge to the creek, noise from traffic, rubbish from farming up in the valley, regular (God knows what for) and “to the skin” cutting of the grass and bush including beautiful clump of papyrus on the banks of the creek.

My friends from town absolutely love their organic veg which was often cut fresh from their beautiful field. And the couple, they're really amongst the sweetest I've ever met - they just keep their heads down, in early cold mornings and in the midst of the summer heat, sowing seeds, harvesting and selling their humble crops on Main Street. The field must be their baby, their pride, otherwise they wouldn't have kept working on it for so long when both are in their 80s! Ah Po told me that he's having some heart problem, but that has never deterred him from nurturing his field with his lovely wife.

All the Best to Ah Po and his wife. Really really miss them both, and their beautiful veg! x

Hello,

Does anyone know who owns this field?

I'd like to rent it for farming.

Or should I just check with the Lands Department to try to find the owner?

Thanks for any assistance.

Somebody wants to get in touch with Ah Po or his son, for a contact to the landlord of the former farm, interested in continuing farming there. Anybody got a contact? Is it the same person owning the land of the former Lily Pond?

I assume that there'll never be any farming evermore in this area as the owner might not lease it for farming purposes anymore, eagerly awaiting a change of land use by the Govt. and then building a new top-priced village so close to the ferry pier?

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The building boom in the Yung Shue Long valley will start soon. 3 applications I've seen so far to build houses on the left side of the path to Tai Peng, between the nullah bridge and the Waterworks.

One more house directly on the left side of the path to Tai Peng, objections till Sep 22, see attached notice from the HSBC-opposite noticeboard.

There's also one more notice up now for a village house a bit higher up, just a few plots north of this house.

I'd assume that this area will fill up with houses all the way to the existing ones, while the developers are awaiting for the centre of the YSL valley to change zoning permission. They're actively degrading the former farmland there, with the huge construction materials site and the old farmer dying a few months ago, shortly after they didn't extend his lease.

Meanwhile, the current house building boom has extended to my neighbourhood in Pak Kok Village, several new houses going up right now very close to ours, or starting soon. Even a just poured foundation for a new neighbouring house are being jack hammered open and removed right now, probably to make room for a 2nd new village house just beside it.

Time to move to Tung O Wan or even the (so far) uninhabited island just off Luk Chau?
These are some of the few areas on Lamma where you might not be exposed to years of construction of new houses and sewerage pipes, plus potential harbour reclamation and the new major town in the ex-Quarry, etc.

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The destruction of the valley continues, the former farmer's hut and pond along the road to Tai Peng have just been razed and rubbled:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2418687010/permalink/10153220369752011/

Remember the big fight against the construction storage area and stream covering, now fenced off, just behind the former field? Same story, all (6?) govt. depts. that were contacted disclaimed any responsibility and the construction storage area expanded even more by now:
Jul 22, 2013: Yung Shue Long Farmers Retires

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