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Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Killer Tsunami – the lost connection with nature and gender inequity

THE LOST MANGROVE : As we commemorate the killer tsunami that hit south Asia 10 years ago, I remember a monument proposal I submitted 5 years ago — The Lost Mangrove”, its title …. commenting on the dire consequences of clearing one’s guardian angels, mangroves and corals, to make ways for tourist, shrimp/prawn farms and other facilities in the name of economy..

The proposal also meant to commemorate that there were 3 times as many women died as men when the tsunami struck. Continue reading →

忘了做冬…so I have forgotten the Winter Solstice

As a city dweller that is disconnected with the weather, the farms and nature…. it is quite easily that I have those festivals that were once upon a time so important for survival forgotten… And I just did. I skipped the Winter Solstice. The longest night reminds people that winter is here and the Earth(the northern hemisphere) will become frigid and cold in the coming two months. To compensate for my absentmindedness,  i am pulling out an old article from my files about this solar marker and  the community spirits that it once induced and including it back in this blog, just to remind myself how forgetful and fragmented this world I live in has become….

The article was published in Making Waves, WICC, winter, 2007

Doing the Winter ….The East Asian Way of Spending the Longest Night

The Winter Solstice, or the longest night of the year, has had immense importance in many northern cultures from antiquity. This event marks the beginning of the sun’s next cycle. Although the coldest days are yet to come, this day also promises that the frigid land will soon be warmed by the sun’s returning rays. Continue reading →

我的故事 我來說 領滙來後的樂富故事　［Digital Storytelling at Lockfu Estate]

領滙接手公共屋邨商場管理後, 對商戶、空間與環境都帶來了不少轉變，對公屋居民更是加添了不少經濟和生活壓力, 特別是於要持家的婦女。然而, 由於媒體的報導多集中在領滙對商戶的影響，對婦女所受的影響卻少穫垂注，對領匯現象缺乏性別和階級上的分析。早前新婦女協進會的一份報告指出不少公屋女性居民的身心健康都不太理想，而區內提供支援服務不足或欠奉，她們自己的社區網絡亦相當薄弱，以至她們要自已承受的壓力巨大。樂富也是公共房屋社區，如今領滙將屋邨內的樂富商場來了個翻天覆地的改變，將商場的檔次再次推高，進一步脫離與坊眾的消費能力與模式，這個與會址位於樂富香港婦女基督徒協會協辦的電子述事項目，是希望區內婦女可以有一個講述自己與領匯相關的故事的平台，還懂得簡單的製作方法和學會如何使用網絡上傳播媒體，並希望在過程中，透過接觸和互動，參加者能明白領匯之下的對她們不利的環境經濟，和建立起一個關懷網絡。 Continue reading →

消費美麗灣 : 水母的永生與永死

DSC06686早前有報道指陸陸在灣灣墾丁執嘢, 私自拿取海岸公園的石頭 貝殼 珊瑚 海星等破壞那兒環境, 心想, 香港可能只是50笑一百步。如果去過橋咀, 貝澳都知道港港執嘢的猖狂……一個下午, 橋咀整條露出水面的沙面已是千蒼百孔, 不少家庭則是滿載而歸, 兩袋大蜆將膠袋撐得滿滿…..貝澳也一樣…..於那些人來說, 他們沒想那麼多, 挖呀挖, 便是好玩的戶外娛樂, 沒想過對那些地方帶來甚麼後果. Continue reading →

榕樹的孩子

photo credit: http://www.mafengwo.cn/i/681504.html

淺粉磚色的小圓粒子

一顆一顆的從樹上落下來

挑皮的  一彈一彈的  才停在地上

以為自己找到了屬她的方寸泥土

很快便可以鑽出青錄來…

然後伴著媽媽成長

可惜, 這是城市

 

 

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動物不是商品

動物不是商品, 北美有城市已禁買賣…只能認養….香港不是要超英趕美嗎? 另外: 那麼為基層與動物著想，為這些友伴們爭取：SPCA 延長正常門診時間,  2. 公共交通乘車時段   3.公園可使用時間, 4.公屋居民與友伴公屋評核試啦…..

ref: 民建聯議員陳恆鑌認為發牌門檻不應設得太高：「假如我哋將門檻有咁高扯咁高，去到最後呢，可能啲基層市民、弱勢社群，佢真係好想搵隻寵物陪佢嘅，但由於門檻咁高呢，咁就引致個價格非常之昂貴….因為你咁高門檻丫嘛，咁相對個價格可能都會非常昂貴，咁我都非常之擔心。」

西九故事 Kowloon West Stories


A friend’s publishing house is releasing a book on two proposals for the Kowloon West, It reminded me that I have one too….that i once submitted to Legco. I hace 2.5 minutes to present my paper, and councillors minds were elsewhere. It got me a bit disheartened. Yet, i think i should daylight it….for its own sake.

One bit I still love very much is how I envisioned the boat school once provided education to the lowly children of the sea transformed into an eco-art centre still sitting on water.  If interested, read on in the paper below (the link). And I like the drilled cores to tell the making of the place too. Let’s call in Coring West Kowloon. For other suggestions on history and environment of the place…read on.

West Kowloon stories


 boatWestKln Continue reading →