Hong Kong Disneyland needs to expand, attract Chinese: chief

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2008

HONG KONG (AFP) — Hong Kong Disneyland's new managing director said Wednesday the troubled theme park needed to build more attractions in order to thrive, but a government funding dispute had not yet been resolved.

Andrew Kam said Disney were hoping to resolve the dispute with the Hong Kong government over how to fund future expansion as soon as possible.

"Both shareholders are very much interested in growing the business. They want Hong Kong Disneyland to be a tourist destination in Asia," he told reporters just two days after taking up his job.

"They have an interest in making this park work and expansion is part of the strategy that will make this park work for Hong Kong."

The government owns 57 percent of the theme park and reports have said the...