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Missing cats (from Seascape)...2 male ginger and white cats (no tails) and one female tabby (long tail). Just moved here and they've been gone since the weekend. Please email hayley1@gmail.com if you think you've seen them. Many thanks...Hayley

Some video I shot, as Typhoon Hagupit neared Hong Kong yesterday afternoon (winds increased quickly; but strongest winds - to max 10 minute average of almost 118km/hr, ie hurricane force, were overnight):

Looking at tide guage info via internet last night, saw there was storm surge across much of Hong Kong, often 1m or more above forecast, including Cheung Chau. This was evidently responsible for some damage on Cheung Chau, evident this morning - when winds still fresh, and still some heavy rain:

Here's some video I shot, as Severe Tropical Storm Kammuri passed near Hong Kong (with Cheung Chau affected by among the strongest winds, to storm force as I shot some of this) earlier this month.

i was jogging this mornign and saw a large poster advertising cheung chau runners club meeting 7:00am sundays. but it wasn't clear to me where they met [sign all in chinese, no phone number]. also, i couldn't find anything on the web about this club. before sacrificing my sunday lie in to get up for this, possibly only to find out that it doesn't exist or i can't find it, does anyone know how I can contact them / get more information?

Just done page on another site, with some photos and video clips from yesterday, when Tropical Storm impacted Hong Kong - with winds more powerful on Cheung Chau than HK Island and further west.
Includes images/video from a ferry to HK Island during the early afternoon, when winds at CC had just peaked.

It's at: http://www.hkoutdoors.com/hk-weather/pabuk.html

Hello all,

I'm french from Paris and i've gone two times in HK and i think that the Cheung Chau island is a fantastic place to be !!!

I would like to know how to buy an appartement on this beautiful island because i plan to come every year for about 2-3 month living

All help is welcome

Thanks a lot

Nicolas

There have been several recent media reports about red tides affecting parts of Hong Kong - especially in west, as well as Shenzhen. I've seen ruddy waters from ferry nearing Green Island, and within Victoria Harbour.

Yesterday, there was pronounced red tide (caused by profusion of reddish algae) in Cheung Chau typhoon shelter. On grey afternoon, with much lap sap also floating in the water, looked very disgusting.
This was the first time I've seen anything like this at Cheung Chau. Comes after recent news reports on Guangdong using the sea as dumping ground.

Walking along the Praya around midday today - when it was hot with intense sun - I was again struck by the expanses of open areas with bricks and/or concrete, with little shade.

I find lightning - even near Hong Kong - can affect my PCCW broadband connection: internet connection may halt for a few seconds, Now TV programmes freeze; perhaps happens several times within space of a few minutes, making broadband service real hard to use at such times. (though when storms are over or extremely close to Cheung Chau, I unplug my computer, to guard against lightning sending surges down lines, perhaps frying sensitive components.)
Problems recurred with recent thunderstorms.

Had some correspondence with PCCW about this.

This website brought back a lot of my childhood memories.  I used to spend my summer vacation at the old retreat house on the top of Peak Road.  It is now occupied by the Seascape Peninsula.  In the old days, that very spot stood a single story brick building where we spent one week each summer having the best time of our life.  A little secret here was that there were numerous haunted stories that came with that house but it was all part of the fun back then. 

A recent press release from WWF Hong Kong begins:

This morning about 6.30 am in Cheung Chau, a panties thief got caught in the act by home camera. The thief been doing his 'job' stoling mrs. X panties for several months. And after they put their home camera in action, they caught the guy in the act put the panties in his jeans pocket.