Mysterious bathtub at Little Palm Beach, Clear Water Bay has “disappeared”

^{Photos: Internet}

The Internet is abuzz with the disappearance of a mysterious bathtub that appeared at Little Palm Forest Beach in Clear Water Bay some time ago. Illegal structures are popping up all over the place recently. One such structure was a porcelain bathtub cemented into the rocks off Little Palm Beach in Clear Water Bay.

^{The bathtub was covered with a tent when this photo was taken by Google Earth}

The area had recently been converted in a “secret garden” with southern French characteristics. Not only was there a bathtub on the rocks in a Coastal Protection Area, there are also artificial stone tunnels and a retro cobblestone road 300 metres long. Reporters from Chinese language media, including Apple Daily, arrived at the scene yesterday and found that the bathtub had been filled and the stone tunnel was still there. The Lands Department had posted notices at many of the illegal structures and ordered their removal.

^{One of the selfies taken from the Internet}

According to information on the Internet, steel ladders for accessing the pools in the rocks were installed in 2015, abut they were later removed on orders from the Lands Department. The bathtub was one of the features not removed and became a hotspot for selfies. It was 1.5 metres long and would not have looked out if place in an up market hotel bathroom.

^{The original wooden bridges and tunnel before they were demolished.}

Over the past couple of years wooden bridges were built along with several wooden benches near a tunnel, which attracted many young people, and even large families to take pictures. However when reporters and netizens visited the spot over the past few days they noticed that the bathtub had been filled with fine stones and mud.

^{The bathtub buries under rocks and cement as it is now}