Lamma Island Planning Consultation Conference:

Thu, Jun 20, 8pm: YSW Ferry Pier.
Organised by Civic Party. See contact details below.

The bike park scheduled for begin of construction this summer will probably be one of the topics, but there are so many other local planning issues to discuss. Here's my own partial, incomplete watch list of projects in progress or in planning:

==> Bike Park
==> Usage of old HSY police station
==> Cable Road/Tai Wan To Sitting-out area
==> Rural minor works all over the island, like new pavilions, sitting-out areas
==> Ex-Lamma Quarry housing and alternative uses
==> Glass & food waste recycling
==> Beach cleanings
==> Dog issues
==> YSW harbour reclamation, phase II
==> Sewage treatment plants in YSW and SKW
==> Sewerage works, North Lamma, phase II
==> Path from Firestation to graveyards
==> Lamma-1, Nga Kau Wan
==> King Wong’s SKW projects
==> BoL Visitor Centre @ Yung Shue Ha
==> BoL activities, like surveys, EIA, organic farm plans
==> YSW Plaza usage
==> Opening of new police station (June '13?)
==> Illegal platform opposite P.O.
==> Extension of Fisherman's Village typhoon shelter
==> Widening of Family Trail (YLF's Working Report 2012)
==> Slope investigations & new Kam Lo Hom Village House
==> Lamma Forest "legalisation"
==> Green Lamma Green eco-tours and other tree activities
==> "Artificial Islands" reclamation between Lamma and Lantau
==> Illegal columbarium on Po Toi
==> Heung Tree vandalism
==> Democracy Wall, Democracy Fence & alternatives
==> Tung O Village head's pending construction projects
==> North & South Lamma Clinic upgrades, more doctor hours
==> YSW Library rebuilding into "Community Centre"
==> Lo Tik Wan and other pavilions
==> Lo Tik Wan-Snake Trail stairs & concreting the Snake Trail
==> Mountainbiking paths & races
==> Ex-Lamma Quarry Cement Factory CDA works-in-progress
==> YMCA’s "Outdoor Centre" activities & constructions
==> Broadband Internet services: HGC, 3G/4G availability
==> Detailed 2011 census figures
==> Reporting and future of illegal structures on Village Houses
==> Yung Shue Long Valley developments
==> Tai Wan Nam new village & property boom
==> Windfarm
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A meeting at the ferry pier?
How can that work?
8PM is pretty busy.

Our DAB representatives must have froze them out of any other venue in YSW.

Still nothing about this at Civic Party's website http://www.civicparty.hk/ and
KK Kwok's http://www.kkkwok.hk/ has nothing but his email address.

It would be nice if the Civic Party could shake things up. The HAD and other government planners are brown nosing the DAB and their businessmen friends on all these issues and ignore anything mere members of the public say.

A few more details from the Civic Party, and a request


How they intend to have a meeting on the pier, with five ferries arriving or departing between 8 and 10 PM, I will be interested to see.

This may not achieve much, but it should be entertaining.

Near the library?

They can't use the room opposite to HSBC 's ATM? Isn't it a local community room usable for that kind of purpose ?

And controlled by the rural committee, all DAB.

They really don't want anyone questioning their pet projects and boondoggles.

Meeting has been moved to outside HSBC after 8pm this Thu evening, June 20. Invitation submitted by Living Lamma:

Dr. KK Kwok, a Legco member with the Civic Party would like to hear from people who have views on planning issues for Lamma Island. You can write to him at kkk@kkkwok.hk, call his Outlying Island Hotline on 2677 6877 or meet him this Thursday evening, 20th June, at 8 pm near the HSBC Bank on Lamma Main Street.

Over the last 4 years, we have heard people expressing concerns about:

- Dumping in the Yung Shue Wan Valley
- The designs for the bike park (the Chief Executive has approved this and District Office refuse to share what they told him with the public - it's confidential!)
- The plans for the Baroque
- The plans for the Phase II reclamation
- The state of the Phase I reclamation 20 years on
- The DSD nullah
- The damage to natural streams
- The sewage treatment works
- The monster clock
- Ugly, unnecessary railings and concrete
- Dangerous paths that need railings yet have none
- Dog poop and poisoning
- Lack of facility to store boating equipment at Power Station beach
- Lack of an on call doctor
- Lack of proper tree care
- Poor waste facilities
- Graffiti
- Littering
- Plans for the quarry
- Lack of meeting space or visitor's centre
- Lack of heritage protection
- Lack of protection for protected species
- Poor design of public minor works
- No place for people to post notices
- The sorry state of the football pitch and playground
- Failings within the consultation process

You may have your own pet peeve or may share concerns with one of these areas. In any case, please help by sharing your thoughts with Dr. Kwok.

Living Lamma has lobbied for improvements as much as a small group of volunteers can. We have had success in some areas, but we have no power in the face of antiquated legislation and entrenched bureaucracy. As a Legco member, Dr. Kwok has a much better chance of making a difference and he has access to far greater resources.

While his primary focus is the impact of greatly increased population for Lamma should the plans for the quarry go ahead (and if you are not aware, government is currently busy narrowing its 3 options for housing down to one - while not giving the opportunity for any other options to be considered), his team are interested in all other planning issues. I have a draft of their flyer in front of me, which says: "Let's Plan Lamma Island Together!"

Please show him that Lamma residents and visitors care about this issue by making your views heard. Please pass this on to your spouse, friends and anyone you know who might be willing to spend a few minutes to write their concerns to Dr. Kwok. The more letters the better. Give him a reason to devote his resources to improving Lamma.

Many thanks

LIVING LAMMA DOES NOT SUPPORT ANY PARTICULAR POLITICAL GROUP. WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IDEAS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND BETTER DESIGN OF PUBLIC PROJECTS WITH ANY INTERESTED PARTIES. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE GREATER TRANSPARENCY PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL PRESSURE THAT LAMMA HAS BEEN UNDER RECENTLY AND THE DIFFICULTY WE HAVE HAD IN MAKING SIMPLE CHANGES THAT WOULD MAKE LAMMA A CLEANER, SAFER, NICER PLACE TO LIVE AND VISIT.

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Poster finally received. Today, Thu evening, 8pm outside HSBC, KKK, aka Kwok Ka Ki, Legislator, Civic Party, will listen to your complaints and ideas for Lamma's future.

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