OCEAN PARK HONG KONG EXTRAS3. OCEAN PARK Ocean Square at Ocean Parks main entrance. The park celebrates its 4. Located at Wong Chuk Hang near Aberdeen on the south side of Hong Kong Island, Ocean Park opened in 1. Hong Kongs first theme park. The park, which occupies an area of over 8. The park was initially a subsidiary of Hong Kong Jockey Club, which funded its construction on land donated by the Hong Kong Government. Since 1. 98. 7 the park has been managed by Ocean Park Corporation, a financially independent statutory body which operates the park on a not for profit basis with a government appointed board of trustees. Following a period of decline in the years up to 2. June 2. 01. 3, an increase of 9 on the previous year. The financial year ended 3. June 2. 01. 4 recorded a slight drop in attendance to 7. June 2. 01. 5 a further drop in annual attendance by about 2. The spectacular run of growth in attendances until 2. Hong Kong Disneyland theme park in 2. Attendances in recent years have been boosted by visitors from mainland China who now account for about 5. February 2. 01. 1. Animals On The Other Side Of The Ocean' title='Animals On The Other Side Of The Ocean' />Which creature would you like added to this website Email Andy Lee Click on the SNAIL to Email me ANDYwith your suggestion for the next creature to be added. Coral Reef Animal Printouts. Coral reefs are warm, clear, shallow ocean habitats that are rich in life. The reefs massive structure is formed from coral polyps, tiny. Animal Life Cycles. Vancouver Aquarium is a wellrespected marine science centre renowned for its exceptional marine mammal care. The animals receive the finest. The average daily attendance is about 2. July and August the average daily attendance increases to over 2. During the financial year ended June 2. HK2 billion up from HK1. June 2. 01. 3 with a net surplus of HK9. FEF873D00000578-3391343-image-a-25_1452330289260.jpg' alt='Animals On The Other Side Of The Ocean' title='Animals On The Other Side Of The Ocean' />HK1. For the financial year ended June 2. HK1. 9. 68 billion with a net surplus of HK4. The park suffered a decline in attendance of 1. June 2. 01. 6 owing to the reduction in Mainland China visitors to Hong Kong and the park made a record loss of HK2. HK1. 6. 41. 8 million. Ocean Park now employs about 2,0. Halloween. The current capacity of the park is 3. The park sold out on three days during Chinese New Year 2. Chinese New Year in 2. It is ranked the twelfth most visited theme park in the world and fifth most visited theme park in Asia. Ocean Park has a cooperation agreement with the Chinese mainlands largest marine theme park operator, Haichang, which operates six parks, in Dalian, Qingdao, Tianjin, Yantai, Wuhan and Chengdu. The agreement was extended for three years in August 2. Nature/H-P/Habitats/Ocean/hawaiianbeach.adapt.945.1.jpg' alt='Animals On The Other Side Of The Ocean' title='Animals On The Other Side Of The Ocean' />Covering three quarters of the Earths surface, oceans are as diverse as they are large. The open seas is an interesting and little understood world full of bizarre. In addition to being a theme park, is also an important marine animal conservation, research and education centre. A major HK5. 5 billion redevelopment and expansion programme commenced in 2. Ocean Park Redevelopment below. Arduino 1 0 3 Windows Zip Free there. The park remained open as normal during the redevelopment period. During December 2. January 2. 01. 1 two penguins were born at the park, the first to be bred in captivity in Hong Kong and will joined the parks other 5. Polar Adventure opened in July 2. A major new zone Aqua City opened on 2. January 2. 01. 1 and the park also introduced its nightly Symbio fire, water and music spectacular at The Lagoon within Aqua City. Themed zone, The Rainforest, featuring over 1. June 2. 01. 1. In August 2. Angel, became the first dolphin in the world to give birth by artificial insemination conducted in water. Two other dolphins have also been born through artificial insemination out of water at the park, which pioneered the procedure. In December 2. 01. Thrill Mountain, with six rides and eight game booths opened in the area adjacent to the Summit Station of Ocean Express funicular railway bringing the total number of rides to 2. In January 2. 01. Old Hong Kong, which has since opened in March 2. The 3. 5,5. 00 sq metre attraction features a typical 1. Hong Kong street with tong lau old tenement buildings, vintage tram, rickshaws, clock tower and colonial police post and includes dai pai dong selling street food, and a Kee Wah Bakery. On 2. 8th June 2. Sky. Star helium ballon ride at the parks Sky. Fair attraction was taken out of service until further notice following an incident in which 6 people were injured when the ballon deflated. An investigation by the Hong Kong Governments Electrical and Mechanical Services Department established the cause as leaking helium from a rip panel joint in the balloon and Ocean Park has subsequently decided to discontinue its Sky. Star attraction. The space will be turned into a venue for events and exhibitions. Ocean Parks latest themed area Polar Adventure opened on 1. July 2. 01. 2. Eight young koalas are being donated to the park by the South Australian state government and are expected to arrive in 2. China. These are the first koalas to be kept and will be housed in a new habitat and serve as important conservation ambassadors. In December 2. 01. This was followed by a gentoo penguin chick, born in January 2. Ocean Parks penguin population to 7. In April 2. 01. 3, the park introduced a new Unique Experience allowing qualified participants to scuba dive in the Grand Aquarium, with sessions being held for a maximum of six people each Saturday afternoon. In September 2. 01. The 5 year sharks had been among a group of 1. Japan in 2. 01. 0. Ocean Parks latest attraction Shark Mystique, featuring over 1. June 2. 01. 4. Located in the Marine World area of the park at The Summit, the attraction features over 1. The aquarium is five times the size of the previous shark aquarium. In July 2. 01. 4, the park confirmed it is intending to develop a smartphone app to enable visitors to book some rides in advance to avoid long queues. The app will also display current waiting times for rides and enable advance restaurant bookings. The app will be on a much larger scale than an app which was introduced during the 2. Halloween Fest which allowed visitors to make advance bookings for the Haunted House and some other rides. A free Wi fi network will also be available throughout the park by mid 2. In September 2. 01. Chinese sturgeon, which was one of one of 1. Ocean Park in February 2. Yangtze River Fish Research Institution, had become the third of the group to die from a bacterial infection. The sturgeon had been quarantined and placed under intensive care since the loss of two sturgeons in April and May 2. In March 2. 01. 5 Ocean Park opened its Adventures in Australia exhibit featuring three koalas and other Australian species including red necked wallabies and laughing kookaburras in a space modelled on the South Australian outback with eucalyptus trees. The exhibit allows a maximum of 1. In October 2. 01. Ocean Parks giant panda, Jia Jia, age 3. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTIn the Hong Kong Governments 2. HK2. 3 billion to Ocean Park to build a new all weather attraction, Water World, at Tai Shue Wan. There are 2. 7 attractions planned including a pool with natural beach, 1. Water World will have extensive sea views and will be built into a series of terraced platforms to blend in with the natural surroundings of Tai Shue Wan. Unlike Ocean Parks old water world, which closed in 1. Water World will open all year round and will remain open in the evenings during the peak season, with shows and live entertainment planned. Admission tickets will be sold separately to those for the main park, with a daily capacity of 1. Ground breaking for the project took place in November 2. In November 2. 01. HK6. 50 million was confirmed, for which non governmental funding has been arranged, making the revised cost of the project HK2. A park wide high speed Wi Fi network with around 4. March 2. 01. 6 with unlimited free access for visitors. An upgraded mobile phone app, also launched in March 2. A 7. 50 room hotel Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel, developed by Lai Sun Development and operated by Marriott International is expected to open in 2.