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Ocean Park’s Water World opens to Hong Kong public, with hundreds taking advantage of hot weather to dive into the experience

  • New water park officially opens to the public on Tuesday after four-year delay
  • Attraction’s chairman, Lau Ming-wai, calls visitor numbers ‘a good start’, though some complain about mask storage, locker costs

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Ocean Park’s Water World officially opened to the public on Tuesday. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Sammy Heung

Hundreds of Hongkongers queued in sweltering temperatures on Tuesday to be among the first to try out the city’s new water park, which officially opened to the public after a four-year delay.

Wearing swimsuits and flip-flops, about 100 people were waiting at the entrance to Ocean Park’s Water World 15 minutes before it opened at 10am.

Temperatures across Hong Kong reached a height of 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), with the city again under a “very hot weather” warning at one stage.

Lau Ming-wai, the theme park’s chairman, was at the entrance to greet the first guests, and called the numbers a “good start”.

“On a day when people need to go to school and work, there are still many people here today,” he said. “Some of them even brought their kids. I think we are receiving a very enthusiastic response [from the public].”

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Hong Kong’s Ocean Park unveils new water theme park attraction

Hong Kong’s Ocean Park unveils new water theme park attraction
Under Covid-19 restrictions, a maximum of 4,500 visitors – half the park’s capacity – will be allowed into the attraction in Hong Kong’s Southern district at any one time.
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