Do You Want To Be In a Film?

石鼓洲焚化爐 (sek gu chau fan fa lou) – Sek Gu Chau Incinerator – is an expression that strikes terror into the heart of Lantau and Cheung Chau dwellers and should actually do the same to all Hong Kong residents.

If the government thinks: “We have an emergency, it’s extremely urgent, let’s do something that will solve 5% of the problem – in eight years!!!” and that solution is to ruin one of the last pristine coastlines of Hong Kong, think of what they can do to you.

So we have decided to make a film about the incinerator, and we need your help. As you can see in the photos we had a bit of a dress rehearsal yesterday morning, bizarrely one of the few days this year where you’ve actually been able to see the islands strung out like pearls just outside Pui O beach; Sek Gu Chau being the largest.

We need hundreds up people to play incinerator-stricken victims, all hollow-eyed and coughing up ketchup, staggering around the beach and collapsing in clouds of dust and smoke. We also need smoke.

Sunday May 18th is the day, 9 AM, followed by lunch at the excellent Mavericks. Bring your kids, friends, and green and grey makeup. And why not make a day of it; the incinerator has still not been built so you can play and breathe on Pui O Beach. And it won’t be built! Not as long as we keep pummeling government officials with letters and calls, and embarrass them by showing up their feeble arguments – I can’t forget Elvis Au from the Environmental “Protection” Department saying in almost the same sentence: “There will be NO emissions”, “the particles will blow over to Cheung Chau”, “we need to spread the pollution around”.

The film will be in Cantonese but don’t worry, Canto speakers will be on hand to rasp out with their last breath: Fan Fa Lou… killed me…

Please go to Living Islands Movement’s website to find the email addresses of officials that need to hear your voice and fast. And turn up on Sunday May 18th at 9 for a fun day out! No acting experience needed.