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Alan · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject: Library tree killed

Some comments on Yu Lai Fan's justifications for cutting the tree by the library, as mentioned in LG's interview

VICTOR MELDREW · over 200 messages posted Joined: 05 May 2004 Posts: 229

Mrs Meldrew and my good self were disgisted to see that tree cut down, if it was a case of people getting scratched by he sagging branches, trim the bloody thing, don't chop it all down, and, I have seen the stump that was left after this mutilation and it looked very healthy to me. I heard from one of the local fishermen that a local got scratched in the eye, it was during the rainy season and with the weight of the rain bearing down on the branches it did sag down alot, but to cut the whole thing down was ridiculous.

On another matter, L-G next time you have a tete a tete with our councilor could you ask her to try and get the businesses with the rear of their building facing the ferry terminal to get them to spruce the outside up a bit, all it would take is a few tins of whitewash to smarten up these premises, the Waterfront reallky stands out now and is making the rest of the premises look like a shanty town. This will make the first impression that visitors see a lot more pleasant than looking at really shabby and dirty paintwork, as we all know first impressions really do count, maybe she could get a subsidy from the govt and aid these businesses for the good of themselves, the better and cleaner a place looks the more business it would do.

Lamma-Gung · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:39 am Post subject:

Well, she's got an office on Main Street now, which is open to everybody during office hours, for complaints & suggestions. Her Chin. New Year letter to all residents (published in my blog) explicitly invites everybody to stop by. I'd recommend to take a Chinese-speaking friend along for issues that take a bit of explanations. I might mention your suggestion to her next time, but it'll probably take a number of weeks, as our tete-a-tetes are quite rare.

Re: your tete-a-tete comment, I'd hardly call a tough, controversial interview about local political issues a tete-a-tete. Especially as she made it clear to me that I pissed her off with my tree story. Her staff seems to read my blog every day and brings it to her attention when there's something of interest to her, even though that tree story didn't even mention her. Well, them watching my blog won't stop me from writing more critical but fair stories.

It took me more than a year of work to get her to talk to me and even longer to answer my questions in interviews. She's still ignoring my emails, but she's one of my best verbal sources for news, plans and opinions of the local authorities, knowing about almost anything going on in the village, as part of her job.

Well, I also have to admit to like her purely as a pretty nice & friendly person, It's nice to have a chat with her over a meal occasionally, even though we don't agree on most political or environmental issues. But her views are shared by a wide majority of Lammaites - especially the native Chinese, I think - so I'm glad to have this communication channel finally open and get their side of the various topics affecting our community.

Alan · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:

Granola Eater · Fight Club Moderator Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 632

Honestly, Alan. In case you haven't noticed, Jihad has begun and that tree provided sniper cover. Don't you love this country? The local boys are doing their bit in the war against terror, and all you leftie hippie surrender monkeys can go live in France if you don't like it.

Lamma-Gung · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject:

Ah, finally the voice of reason is stepping in! Glad you're finally revealing your true opinions, Granola!

Are you running for office in the next local elections, by any chance? You surely sound like it. Granola Eater for Village Representative or even District Councilor?
You've already won Fight Club moderator in an (almost) fair election and all that new power has made you hungry for more?

What would be your campaign goals? More fights in Main Street till we'll all have a smile as charming as yours?

Fortune Chan · over 800 messages posted Joined: 03 Oct 2002 Posts: 893

The village is a filthy beyond belief and what does she do? She chops down a very beautiful tree. Then she lies about why she did it afterwards. Pathetic.

The village has always been run by a very small bunch of self-serving money-grabbing monkeys. And, actually, most in the village hate the fat vile rich fools. Think back to that great TVB interview by the guy from the Man Kee. The dumbo leadership were about to concrete the harbour for no real reason at all except to generate a huge building contract and he said, on TV, quite simply "they have made enough money from us and we have had enough." Sums it up. Why defend them?

Alan · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:26 am Post subject:

I spoke to the Lands Dept about this.
They said they will respond in detail, but apparently the tree (and the original site of the library -- though it's mostly on a reclamation?) belongs to the Rural Committee and they can do whatever they like. But if that's so, then the government shouldn't have been doing the work for them.

Lamma-Gung · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:46 am Post subject: A happy ending!

Another Lamma story with a happy ending!
See my blog story today, Monday, Aug 8:

"Lammadonna Hugging a New Tree"

gargoyle · over 300 messages posted Joined: 15 Jun 2003 Posts: 307

I checked these out last night & they are extremely spindly and were absolutely parched. Last night's rain will have taken care of that, but Lammadonna is aware that they need taking care of, right?

Lamma-Gung · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject:

I assume that she knows, but it'll be better to keep an eye on these 2 new saplings ourselves, at least till they're tall enough to survive the usual long draughts without people having to water tjem anymore.

I also wonder about all these trees planted for the Green Lamma Green campaign a few weeks ago. It's supposedly a 3-year project, but the follow-up tree maintenace and watering is not such a nice public relations opportunity like the actual planting, with all the press and TV cameras watching. It's much easier to plant a tree than maintain it.

Has somebody had a look there recently, below the pavilion above Hung Shing Yeh, on the way to Sok Kwu Wan. How are the new trees doing?

Also, how are the 144,000 trees up on the hills between Hung Shing Yeh and Luk Chau doing. They were planted quietly, w/o any publicity, by CEDD several months ago to prevent soil erosion.

Alan · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:19 pm Post subject:

gargoyle · over 300 messages posted Joined: 15 Jun 2003 Posts: 307

the burglarly claims were extremely suspect anyway. What's to steal at the library? old books?

Lamma-Gung · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:45 pm Post subject:

Chertsey Bulovski · Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 32

Alan, all I ever hear you do is complain.
Millions of trees are cut down for paper production every year, something you contribute to greatly through your job as an editor.
Please think twice about being a pot calling the kettle black next time.

cheers

gargoyle · over 300 messages posted Joined: 15 Jun 2003 Posts: 307

L-G, the larger one looks dead already. It's brown & withered.

Beanburglar · over 700 messages posted Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 788

I'm with Chertsey on this. The library needed some new books and the paper has to come from somewhere.

Lamma-Gung · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:23 am Post subject:

chuckm · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject:

Zippy · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:05 pm Post subject:

With LG seemingly doing her PR, how can she fail?

So LG is this follow-up story going to make the headline of the blog in the same way the "happy ending" piece did?

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