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Lamma Island, the third largest island in Hong Kong with a land area of about 14 square km, is situated 3 km off the southwest coast of Hong Kong Island. It is home to a highly diverse population of about 6,000 people, many of them of Western origins. There are regular ferry services between Lamma and Hong Kong Island.

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6 April, 2024

Two Sweet Feet’s Muay Thai coach Natalie Sin will put retreat participants through the paces of her martial art. Photo: Two Sweet Feet HK

Wellness

Year of the Snake retreat in Hong Kong to feature snake-themed exercises

The day-long fitness retreat taking place on Lamma Island before Lunar New Year will include strength-building, yoga and Muay Thai classes.

23 Dec 2024 - 4:15PM

Science

South China Sea: scientists see China collaboration as crucial for marine life

4 Dec 2024 - 1:14PMvideocam

Architecture and design

The makeover of a village house on Hong Kong’s idyllic Lamma Island

28 Nov 2024 - 6:15PM

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong police arrest oil barge captain after collision with fishing boat

Fire Services Department and Marine Police searching for 81-year-old missing skipper of fishing boat.

17 Nov 2024 - 6:27PM

Lamma Island. The oil barge was passing through Hong Kong waters on its way to Huizhou when it collided with the fishing boat, a source has said. Photo: Shutterstock

Performing arts in Hong Kong

5 must-see music and arts events in Hong Kong this weekend, November 15-17

From an auction where you can bid with stories to a night of dreamy classical music under the stars, here is what is happening this weekend.

14 Nov 2024 - 1:18PM

Food and Drinks

How chef Stefanie Leung created a unique, hidden culinary oasis in Hong Kong

The daughter of acclaimed home-grown interior designer Steve Leung has created her own invite-only culinary sanctuary called OOAK Lamma.

4 Nov 2024 - 11:49AM

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong lawyer found safe day after wife reported him missing

Police searched for 49-year-old man on Lamma Island after tracing his mobile phone’s last known location.

21 Sep 2024 - 4:25PM

Police searched for the 49-year-old man on Lamma Island after tracing his mobile phone’s last known location. Photo: Roy Issa

Architecture and design

How a dark village house became a chic minimalist home at the hands of Atelier Shan

This formerly dim, dark village house on Lamma Island was the first rough draft for a minimalist, meditative retreat from the bustle of city life

23 Sep 2024 - 5:35PM

Hong Kong

Editorial | Raise awareness to foster green Hong Kong burials

Given city’s ageing population, the government should conduct more promotional activities on end-of-life planning, such as talks and tours of memorial gardens, so that more people may opt for sustainable alternatives and ease demands on burial facilities.

6 Apr 2024 - 6:30AM

100 Top Tables

‘The hipsters are coming!’: does Lamma’s new ‘townie’ Terracotta restaurant deliver?

The group behind hip SoHo bars Quality Goods Club and Shady Acres has opened a new concept restaurant in the heart of Yung Shue Wan’s waterfront – and locals on the sleepy outlying island don’t know what to think

22 Dec 2023 - 11:16AM

Terracotta recently opened on Lamma in Hong Kong, possibly marking a new dining era on the island. Photos: Handout

Accidents and personal safety

National Day fireworks stir painful memories of Hong Kong ferry crash for families

‘My wife drowned while on her way to see the fireworks 11 years ago. How can I enjoy fireworks on the same day?’ a victim’s husband says.

1 Oct 2023 - 6:12PM

Two passenger vessels collided off Lamma Island in 2012, throwing more than 120 people into the frigid, dark waters. Photo: Sam Tsang

Crime in Hong Kong

Chunks taken out of incense trees, poachers prowl as Hong Kong’s borders reopen

Residents on Lamma and Lantau report intruders chopping down valuable old trees in dead of night.

24 Apr 2023 - 5:54AMvideocam

Accidents and personal safety

Man missing, 4 others sent to hospital after fishing boat sinks off Hong Kong

Search under way for missing mainland Chinese man; other four crew sent to Princess Margaret Hospital after boat hits trouble in waters south of Tsing Yi.

21 Feb 2023 - 4:16PM

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong customs seizes HK$2.2 million in frozen meat from ship off Hong Kong

A total of 25 tonnes of meat seized after officers saw ship transfer bags to speedboat.

5 Dec 2022 - 8:16PM

Tonnes of frozen meat have been seized by Hong Kong customs officers after a cargo ship and a speedboat were intercepted off Lamma Island. Photo: SCMP

Hong Kong reopens

Pandemic rules leave Hong Kong restaurants cool to serving tour groups

Catering industry put off by need to keep visitors in separate sections, send staff for PCR tests.

4 Dec 2022 - 4:51PM

Carol Pak, a spokeswoman for the Lamma Rainbow Seafood Restaurant, said she agreed to host incoming tour groups after a travel agency approached her. Photo: Edmond So

Food and Drinks

Vegan Mediterranean cooking class in a Hong Kong idyll feels like therapy

Ayelet Idan runs vegan Mediterranean cooking classes out of her home in a lush corner of Lamma Island, teaching how to make dishes such as roast aubergine with herby dip, a Jewish brioche and date cookies.

7 Oct 2022 - 2:48PM

Architecture and design

A one-of-a-kind Hong Kong home, and a dad’s labour of love for his daughter

Typhoon? Budget blowout? Flooding? Nothing was going to stop one designer from building the ultimate weekend getaway on Lamma Island, in Hong Kong’s south, for his daughter.

28 Sep 2022 - 2:23PM

Art

Some are so tiny they’re left off maps – Hong Kong’s outlying islands

‘Island(ed)’, a new exhibition at Central’s WMA Space that takes in Hong Kong’s myriad outlying islands, is a show of photography and video that focuses on the idea of being isolated.

17 Aug 2022 - 5:15PM

Hong Kong artist and adventurer Simon Wan in front of Wu Ying Pai, a rocky islet near Lantau that is his focus for the “Island(ed)“ exhibition at WMA in Central, Hong Kong. Photo: Courtesy of Simon Wan

Architecture and design

An island retreat with old Hong Kong vibes and a rooftop for entertaining

Built in 1965, this one-bedroom cottage on Lamma captivated serial renovator Brooke Babington, who transformed the 680 sq ft space into the perfect city escape.

27 Jul 2022 - 12:45PM

Profile

Profile | ‘The brand is part of who we are’: Hong Kong craft brewer on his passion

Scott Powrie, founder with his wife, Leigh, of craft brewery Double Haven, tells Kate Whitehead about his stunt-pilot father, building racing cars and his ambition to scale some of the world’s highest peaks.

3 Jul 2022 - 1:15PM

Hong Kong at 25

October 1, 2012: Deadly ferry crash off Hong Kong’s Lamma Island kills 39

Some 124 people on the Lamma IV were thrown into waters near Yung Shue Wan when it was hit by a passenger ferry travelling from Central.

14 Jun 2022 - 5:30PM

The Lamma IV which was partially sunk in the waters off Lamma Island is lifted up from the sea. Photo: Sam Tsang

Art

Lamma Mia art project to show tourist-trap Hong Kong village in new light

Sok Kwu Wan on Lamma Island is just a restaurant strip serving pricey imported seafood in the eyes of most Hong Kong people. Lamma Mia aims to change their perception.

17 Dec 2021 - 6:42PM

Converted shipping containers in front of Sok Kwu Wan’s Tin Hau temple provide an information centre, galleries and film screening rooms for “Lamma Mia”. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Lamma ferry crash

Editorial | Families of 2012 Hong Kong ferry disaster need closure

Privacy ultimately has to be weighed against the public interest as calls grow for a full disclosure of the report into the tragedy.

15 Dec 2021 - 8:00AM

Crime in Hong Kong

Suspect charged in murder of Hong Kong taxi driver

The suspect was arrested on Wednesday outside a shop on Lamma Island, one day after he allegedly slashed the 48-year-old driver’s neck.

16 Oct 2021 - 3:50PM

Crime in Hong Kong

How a chance meeting and chat over beer led to arrest of Hong Kong murder suspect

Lamma Island resident recounts striking up conversations with 31-year-old man wanted over fatal slashing of taxi driver and after realising his identity kept him talking until police she had called arrived to arrest him.

15 Oct 2021 - 1:41PM

Two photos of the suspect were released by police on Tuesday and Wednesday. Photo: Handout

Crime

Police arrest suspect in killing of Hong Kong cabby after citywide manhunt

Officers apprehend suspect, 31, not far from Yung Shue Wan Ferry Pier on Lamma Island and find stab-proof vest and foldable knife with 9cm blade inside rubbish bag nearby.

16 Oct 2021 - 3:48PM

Hong Kong police with the murder suspect in custody. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong dining & recommendations

Where an Italian in Hong Kong goes for ‘unbeatable’ Italian brunch

Mattia Bruna, of food importer South Stream Market, tells Andrew Sun where he takes visitors on Lamma Island, and his favourite Sunday brunch spot.

2 Sep 2021 - 11:35AM

Profile

‘I got off lightly with a collapsed lung’: globe-trotting teacher looks back

Lamma Island gardener Geoff Smith tells Jane Ram about surviving a collapsed lung in Ghana, raising a family in Papua New Guinea, and putting down roots in Hong Kong.

27 Jun 2021 - 2:15PM

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