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Since it was costing almost $100,000 for each bike to be parked on the basic slab, you might expect a few extras.

That must be the April 1st updated plan.
I checked it out.
Includes a giant digital clock and a wavy roof. The pillars though mean that it will only have space for 50 bikes.


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OF COURSE, it'll have massive pillars, a Monster Clock and a wavy roof! Standard features for a Bike Park these days, no need to even mention them!

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Since when does it cost 40-50 million to build a 3 storey 1000 sq ft building???


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Have a look at the fish market to see how they can piss away 10 times as much money as necessary to get a worse result.

With all these projects, the design constraint is to spend as much as possible on concrete.
And I'm not joking or being ironic: that is the only way to make sense of these idiotic constructions.
The government gives a wodge of money to the District Council and they divide it up. Each councillor funnels it to the local construction firms by thinking up a reason to put a block of concrete on public land somewhere.

When I was trying to talk to bureaucrats about such projects, they were totally unconcerned with either serving a public need or using funds efficiently, while the councillors are extremely hostile to any suggestions that would cost less.


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The next major development project, sometime after completion of the Bike Park, is gazetted on the notice board right now for the mandatory 14-day period, till Dec 18:

The tearing down and rebuilding of the Bike Park-adjacent YSW Library as a 3*1,000 sqft building.
It's even got a very catchy and pretty short name already:

"The Yung Shue Wan Library cum Heritage and Cultural Showroom"


This will obviously be a much larger, much more expensive ($50+ million) and much more time-consuming project than the little bike platform they've been building most of this year. And despite the new name, it'll still be mostly a library on the upper two floors.

What should be displayed to Lamma visitors inside the future Heritage and Cultural Showroom?
Any good (and bad) ideas?


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From Yu Lai Fan's all-Chinese Facebook page (maintained by one of her 2 assistants):

離島區議會通過在南丫島榕樹灣興建一棟三層高~两層圖書館,一層文物室(原地興建)
多謝大家支持!

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"Islands District Council adopted at Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island built a three-story ~ two-story library, first floor heritage room (built in situ) thanks for all your support!"


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Full presentation PDF with many Artist Impressions:
http://www.compunicate.com/Lamma/Blog/IS_2014_127_A1_TC.pdf

Facebook discussion on my Lamma Gung page started 2 hours ago, 25 comments so far...

Damon Wong Chun-pong writes:
"The project is only approved by Home Affairs but still yet to start as it need the approval from Legco for $$$
More: http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/.../IS_2014_127_A1_TC.pdf"

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Two Artist's Impressions from the Design Presentation of this "HAD Signature Project Scheme".
http://www.compunicate.com/Lamma/Blog/IS_2014_127_A1_TC.pdf

Plus some fanciful quotes:

"Overall Concept 設計概念
“Reading a Book on Lamma by the sea” 一本關於南丫島的書

A semi open-space in front of building forms to celebrate the magnificent sea view. It is obvious that the Lammaite’s love of nature and immense connection with the sea is fundamental to the place and people of Lamma Island.

"The focus of North Lamma Public Library cum Heritage and Cultural Showroom therefore is neither the library nor the showroom, but the Sea which connects the two. It is where the Lammaite's life is concentrated, where culture, history and knowledge meet, communicate and interact."


They also nicked some photos from this website for their Design Presentation, without asking, of course.


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Who is more worthy or remembrance? One of the local real estate dealers?
Maybe Chow Yun-fat will get a gallery.

The plans linked above show no sign of a lift.
The library is the part that local residents will actually use, while the museum will probably be like the "Yung Shue Wan Plaza", unused and probably locked up after the ribbon cutting, since I doubt any extra LCSD staff will be taken on to look after it. The budget is allocated 100% for concrete, not services.


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No personal attacks, please, leglessonlamma! As an ex-Lamma-ite, you might be nicer and argue with facts, not insults.
The design presentation linked above is pretty detailed, they might show lift access, or not.

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Bureaucrats cannot leave Lamma Island alone.
If the library needs expansion, why can't they just build a two- or three-storey house that matches the simple houses along the coast?
The revealed design is typical of the other recent construction products of the leisure and cultural department, e.g. new swimming pools and the crematorium in Wo Hop Shek:--- unnecessary steel work, asymmetry, bevel joints, mix of expensive materials --- all calculated to boost costs.
The finished structure will catch every eye on approach to the island, but that is not Lamma's way of living.
Lamma's heritage and culture should be the bustle on the street, colours on the balcony and freedom on the beach, not any expensive artifice or relics behind glass.
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You want some additional details on the $50 million+ YSW Library rebuild as a huge 3/F, 1,200+ sqft/floor structure, scheduled to start end of this year, in addition to the Artist's Impressions above?

Here's the relevant Town Planning document:

http://www.info.gov.hk/tpb/en/papers/RNTPC/507-rntpc_4-14.pdf

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Does anyone (Hermann for instance?) know what is the prognosis on the Library? For example, what is the final plan for it? Dunce I may be but I can't find anything confirming which actual design is finally being put in place. Just as a matter of interest......since it currently appears to be shrouded in mystery....


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No new info since the plans and artist's impressions above. I assume these are the final and approved designs being built now, no?

Following up with our powers-that-be in the very near future...

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