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Guided tour and "Open House" in the Lammarina is still on, but the date is still very flexible. Maybe next month...

Recent photos of beautiful Tung O Wan, location of the planned The Baroque development, taken during a GreenLammaGroup hiking trip on May 1, are here:

http://www.lamma.com.hk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8193

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This is a captioned photo gallery of a site visit by private boat to the future location of the planned The Baroque, a "six-star luxury resort and first-class Marina Club development project" in Tung O Wan, South Lamma.

The Lamma-zine was invited by the developers, together with their newly appointed Environmental/Social Impact Assessment consultants.

I hear different stories from different people about The Baroque. Most seem to believe the plans have been stopped recently. Others seem to believe that it's been approved secretly already. Both are incorrect, as far as I know.

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do excuse my ignorance but what is cultural studies?????

as one ralatively new to hk and lamma though i have resided on lamma only.it seems to me a place ,rather an irish colony ,i base this on many a hospital having been staffed by irish nuns ,the irish embassadors,the
origins being the pbi opium dealers etc
,it seems to me that universal sufferage and a decent minimum wage is what hk need rather than big developments like this,just lets face it folks if the indigenous hakka people had the land first and they are willing to allow this ,should we as mere visitors here have such a say ,however i am aware of the plethora who do consider this ex british colony home
though i have lived in many countries ,i can honestly say that as my first experience of a colony now ex and i find it all rather shocking,the inequity ,at the very least,the nepotism ,etc etc
having found out sir arthur was in india ,i think i shall galivant there in future ,its so very interesting a place
genuine question tavis ,what is cultural studies????

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A little update on The Baroque, from the recent meeting of the Conservancy Association with the developers King Wong and ERM Consultants:
<OL COMPACT><LI>"The developer is preparing a planning application to rezone various agricultural land and conservation area into CDA (Comprehensive Development Area).
<LI>The planning application would be submitted to Town Planning Board in early 2011.
<LI>Current plan is revised after sending to DOO (Development Opportunity Office). The plot ratio is now changed from 1.0 (I don’t remember the exact no) to 0.6. The building height, in general, would be 4 storeys.
<LI>The plan comprises many items, like Spa hotel, marina, yacht club, boutique hotel, low carbon transport, low-density residential development, natural trail,…</OL>The Conservancy Association (CA) had expressed our objection of the plan as the scale of development remains large and it would definitely spoil South Lamma in total. For your reference, the proposed plot ratio is high as most of the project in rural area ranges from 0.2-0.4.

I’ve mentioned to the consultant about its poor public engagement work with low level of transparency because most of the locals nearly knew nothing about the plan. They argued that since the details of the plan have not been confirmed yet, disclosing the plan to the public would cause misunderstandings. Of course, CA did not accept such excuse. That’s why we urge for a proper engagement exercise, ideally via some public forums.

The consultant at the meeting promised me that they’ll arrange sessions for various concerned groups in Lamma."

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