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"Iz more fun when u pran,pran,pran....
Pran your trip to Hong Kong Diksleylan"

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Have a right to break a law? Hmm interesting concept.

There seem to be three layers, indigenous Lamma people whose family predates 1898 or whenever it was, local Chinese and expats. I don't see that expat residents, especially those who have paid taxes long-term and invested in the island have any less right to voice their opinions.

However, I do see that if the participants in a protest do appear to be exclusively foreign, it might appear to local landowners and business people something like the scenario outlined by hoggsbosom. A combined protest involving local and expatriate interests would be far more convincing.

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
----- Margaret Mead

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
----- Margaret Mead

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I did not have sex with that woman!

News update:

This Wednesday, April 1, at 11:00 representatives from the Lands Department, Environmental Protection Department and the Food and Hygiene Department will come to Lamma to inspect the site.

They have already issued a warning to the owner but, as we know, the owner is ignoring it.

According to the Lands Department,
the only way we can stop this is by reporting mosquito breeding and potential flooding problems caused by the dumping of construction waste.

The Lands Dept. is clearly impotent, because it's private land, they can only issue warnings when the terms of use are violated, as in this case, but cannot do anything else.

It seems that the terms of use in Hong Kong are a mockery of what they stand for in other countries.

That means, i can buy some cheap agricultural land, dump waste, maybe even get paid to dispose of other people's waste, and when it becomes obvious that nobody can no longer grow anything there, voila... i can start building.

I invite as many people as possible to be at the site tomorrow at 11 am to voice our concerns.

Phone calls to the EPD are also effective, because they take your name and add your complaint to their list.