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Please for the love of all things Hong Kong show your support! Preserve our heritage!
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 6:27PM / Members only
Conserve our historical 'Old' Central and SoHo district* Stop tearing down our heritage!
I know all you Lan Kwai Fongers know what this proposal
is talking about. Would it be the same if everytime you
walk past Prive along Hollywood Road the Central Police
Station is no longer the distinctively colonialized architecture?
Or on Wellington Street when you take the corner after Tsui
Wah towards SoHo and the markets on either side of Ladder
Street aren't there anymore? Hong Kong is a celebration
of an East meets West culture. Let's keep it ALIVE n NOT DEAD
(ha ha
) by letting our voices be heard! This is the first proposal
after the Queen's Pier incident the Town Planning Board
has been asked to decide upon protecting a whole area.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEEE show your support by either
emailing the Town Planning Board at the address provided
below or post your comments on their
website at http://www.info.gov.hk/tpb/en/plan_application/Y_H3_3.html (not a link...pls copy n paste)There's a lot more areas and separate buildings that need to
be preserved but this is the first of many proposals to come!
Make sure you show your support by AUGUST 29TH 2008!!!Town Planning Board is asked to protect ‘Old Central' as a Special
Design Area
Last Friday (8 August 2008), the Town Planning Board published a
rezoning application (number Y/H3/3) by the Central & Western District
Concern Group for the preservation of the 'Old City of Hong Kong',
including Graham Street, Hollywood Road, and SoHo.
The public can make its views known. Click here to express your support
on the Town Planning Board website BEFORE 29 August 2008.
For the first time ever, the Town Planning Board is asked to decide on
protecting an entire area, Hong Kong's ‘Old' Central District, to be
zoned as a "Special Design Area":
- Keep the original street layout of Hong Kong's Old City intact.
- Limit the height (maximum 12 storeys) and bulk of buildings to a
human-scale and design. - Designate specific streets as "market streets".
- Retain Graham/Peel/Gage/Staveley/Gutzlaff Streets as a functioning
street market; - Let dai pai dongs continue to operate;
- Keep the character in line with historic buildings such as the Central
Police Station; the Bishop's House on Lower Albert Road; Man Mo
Temple; and other features of the Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail. - Encourage organic regeneration by a diverse group of many
smaller property owners. - Limit the development
- Improve open space, improve traffic, air quality and natural light.
Katty Law and John Batten, Convenors of the Central & Western Concern
Group, explain: "Our application allows regeneration of this wonderful
area and ensures that the sense of community, market vibrancy and
open space is retained. We must acknowledge the historic character
and protect this through zoning."
Express your support: Safeguard Graham Street, Hollywood Road,
SoHo and adjoining areas
Express your support for the rezoning application with an email to the
Town Planning Board at [email protected] before 29 August 2008
(quote application Y/H3/3).
Or click here to comment via the Town Planning Board website.
http://www.info.gov.hk/tpb/en/plan_application/Y_H3_3.html
Further details about this application
Please visit http://www.centralandwestern.org/ or contact the Central
& Western Concern Group: Katty Law ([email protected]),
John Batten ([email protected])
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Blog: Monday, Aug 11
Monday, Aug 11, 2008 5:20PM / Members only
An internship with Daniel Lee + Dov Simen's 2 Day Film School = a lot of thinking bout possible future endeavors
Having gone into a media arts course in uni by chance and majoring in documentary, I never really thought about taking up film. However, my internship with Daniel Lee has kind of opened up some doors to paths I previously would not have considered. Although I only spent a month and a week working at his office, he and the rest of the crew have taught me a tremendous amount on what the film industry can and should be about. At times, the stories that are shared over lunch and dinners can be frightening..... but they can also be enticing. I can't confidently say that I'd like to be a director some day .... but it's definitely a possibility I'd like to consider. There's just so much exploring that needs to be done both mentally and practically. I feel like I still don't know enough bout this industry and I'm definitely lacking in experience. I've only got one more year before I grad and i'm really starting to shit myself. What am I gonna do when i come back home for good? What's a BA in Media Arts gonna do for me? It aint like the ppl I'm gonna try to get a job with is gonna give a shit what degree I'm holding
......but I would like to think that it'll help..even if it's jus a lil bit.
So I can't thank Daniel Lee enough for giving me an opportunity to learn from him this summer and I'm more than happy to volunteer at his Chinese Calligraphy classes for underprivileged children every weekend (Yes this is a director who actually cares and puts his words into action)....which is a bonus really since I get to do some Chinese & calligraphy learning myself (it's about time I learnt some Chinese
).
Dov's 2 Day Film School also put a lot of thoughts into my head. It was more of a producer's crash course which was perfect since I wouldn't have been exposed to any of that since I'm majoring in doc.
Documentary or film? I'm definitely still feeling strong bout documentary but I'm not eliminating film as I had previously done so. There's just no telling where things could go from now............
The office (I actually kinda miss going to work)
My desk @ work - multi-tasking: trying to dub VHS to DV, Editing K-1 & UFC clips for Daniel's speech at Book convention (Buakaw, you STILL THE SHIT!
), burning Fight Quest for Daniel.
These kids have no idea how lucky they are
This girl has got mad talent! first class n already she's gangsta!
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DJs bring your MCs, MCs bring your DJs
Thursday, Aug 7, 2008 12:27PM / Members only
For all you real hip hop heads out there....Here's an event you cannot miss!
Blacksheep+F.Gov+ Innavisual Collectivist Present:
THE PLATFORM
An opportunity for underground dj's and mc's to step up to a platform
Dj's bring your mcs, mc's bring your dj . showcase your skill right here.
A Night of True School Hip-Hop, Funk and Soul+ Surprises
Date :09th of Aug, Sat
Time :10:00 pm till 5
$100 w/ drink
Venue: Sammi's Kitchen
上環干諾道中137-139號三台商業大廈地下
Sheung Wan Connaught road central 137 -139 G/F (Opposite the Macau Ferry)
MTR Exit C
BlackSheep Crew:
www.blacksheep.com
Dj Tin-Ho (07 HK DMC Champ)
http://www.myspace.com/djtinho,
Dj K Kutz & Guest
F.gov Regular: www.fdotgov.com
Dj Kenny (Terntable Jediz)
myspace.com/jediz852,
Fat B
Innavisual Collectivist:
MC Rebearth (mtl)
myspace.com/rebearthmusic
Email: [email protected]
DIRECTIONS TO THE PLATFORM
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Anime-Comic Convention
Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 6:40PM / Members only
Every year there seems to be an increasing number of ppl attending the comic con and having been to the last two, I can't say that I have quite grasped the culture or dare I say obsession with it all. I give props to the cartoon/comic artists n toy designers who exhibit their creations. A lot of their work is just awesome to see but I don't understand those kids who sit on the floors around the arena (esp. the ones outside the toilets) playing with their PSPs n NDSs. As for the ppl who didnt make it into the cosplay competition but still parade themselves in skimpy costumes n what not...it seems to me the convention is nothing but their excuse to be a celebrity for a day....
Mojo Jo Jo look alike
Equestrian Ci Boy
Q-Ban AVP Requiem figures
White out, ball point pens & an old school desk is all this artist needs
Back in the day, every kid's fav comic...i miss Lo Fu Gees
Battle for the pole during rush hour on the MTR
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