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Opened on 10 January 1977 by the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Murray MacLehose, Ocean Park was constructed as a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, with HK$150 million of funding. The land was provided free by the Hong Kong Government. Between 1982 and 1984, the Jockey Club put a further HK$240 million into developing facilities at Tai Shue Wana...
Chairman
1. Kenneth Fung(1971–1982) 2. David Newbigging(1982–1984) 3. Gordon MacWhinnie(1984–1993) 4. Ronald Carstairs (1993–1996) 5. Robert Kwan (1996–1997) 6. Payson Cha (1997–2000) 7. Philip Chen(2000–2003) 8. Allan Zeman(2003–2014) 9. Leo Kung (2014–2020) 10. Lau Ming-wai (2020–2022) 11. Paulo Pong Kin-yee (2022– )
General Managers
1. W. Williamson (1971–1980) 2. Kenneth Tomlins (1981–1987)
Chief Executive Officers
1. Kenneth Tomlins (1987–1991) 2. Darrell Metzger (1991–1995) 3. John Corcoran (1995–1999) 4. Randolph Guthrie (1999–2004) 5. Tom Mehrmann(2004–2016) 6. Matthias Li (2016–2020) 7. Ysanne Chan (2020–2021) 8. Ivan Wong (2021– )
Ocean Park now comprises two main attraction areas: the Waterfront and the Summit, subdivided into seven attraction zones: Amazing Asian Animals, Aqua City, Whiskers Harbour, Marine World, Polar Adventure, Thrill Mountain and the Rainforest.
Ocean Park holds over 12,000 animals and highlights its educational and scientific research programmes, alongside the animal displays and entertainment. The Park has had success breeding rare shark species, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins, sea lions, seahorses, penguins, green anacondas, red-handed tamarins, pygmy marmosets and several species of ...
Ocean Park features a 1.5-kilometre (0.93 mi) long cable car system connecting the Waterfront and the Summit in an eight-minute journey, with the views of the South China Sea. It has a capacity of 4,000 passengers per hour with 252 cable cars on two pairs of ropeways. Each car can hold six passengers. Hong Kong's second-longest outdoor escalator sy...
Mass Transit Railway
Ocean Park station on the South Island line is located adjacent the main entrance of the park. The station opened on 28 December 2016 and connects Ocean Park directly to Hong Kong's MTRsystem, from Admiralty station.
Bus
The Citybus Ocean Park Express (Route 629)[zh-tw] used to provide departures from Central Piersto Ocean Park only. This route has since stopped its regular service due to a decline in passenger numbers. Passengers may use any of the Aberdeen Tunnelbus routes and walk to the park from the Aberdeen Tunnel Toll Plaza bus stop.
Car
The venue is also accessible by taxi, private hire car or personal car. The park provides some car park spaces close to the main entrance, however, the car park can be busy during peak times. Road access is via Route 1 (Aberdeen Tunnel) from central and eastern districts of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, New Territories or Pok Fu Lam Roadfrom western districts.
Adventure Zone
A plan for an adventure zone to replace the Park's Adventure Land area first emerged in 2020, when the Park asked the HKSAR for HK$10.6 billion to fund its long-anticipated expansion plan, which includes replacing Adventure Land with Adventure Valley and replacing Raging River with a luge track. When this plan was suspended and replaced by the rebirth plan, the concept of Adventure Valley was retained and presented as 'Adventure Zone', but now built and operated by an external operator instea...
Tai Shue Wan Pier
Along with Adventure Zone, the construction of a pier at Tai Shue Wan was also proposed in the rebirth plan to better connectivity between the Resort and the Southern District. A temporary pier, funded by the Park opened on 8 August 2023, provided ferry service to and from the Resort during the first few months of its debut. A permanent structure is set to replace the existing temporary pier, with construction starting in 2025 and completion later in the decade.
Ocean Park conducts education and research into animal conservation, by operating observatories, laboratories, an education department, and the Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong(OPCFHK), a fund that advocates, facilitates and participates in the conservation of wildlife and habitats, with an emphasis on Asia, through research and educat...
Ocean Park hosts six major events throughout the year: an Kidsfest, Animal in High Definition Month, the Ocean Park Summer Splash, the Halloween Bash and Christmas and Chinese New Year celebrations.
The park has won several awards, including The World's Seventh Most Popular Amusement Park and one of the "50 Most Visited Tourist Attractions in the world" by Forbes. In November 2012, Ocean Park became the first theme park in Asia to win the Applause Award from the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions. Also, one of their p...
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