Disneyland Hong Kong opens to visitors

Disneyland Hong Kong opened with a ceremony attended by Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang and Chinese Vice-President Zeng Qinghong, the South China Morning Post reported. The US$3.5 billion park has already created 5,000 jobs and may generate US$148 billion of economic benefits to the city over the next 40 years. The government made a controversial contribution of US$23 billion to the park as a "strategic investment". Disney plans to expand its mainland business from the current 1,700 retail outlets to 5,000 in the next five years.