Shabby behaviour at Hong Kong Disneyland
Fei LiChina Daily  Updated: 2005-09-17 07:43

Even before the Hong Kong Disney theme park was officially opened with great fanfare on Tuesday, media coverage of the Magic Kingdom was already hot on the mainland.

Tourists smoking in non-smoking areas at the openning day of the HK Disneyland [sohu]

It was only natural to expect domestic media coverage of its formal opening to be even more frenzied.

It was. But this time, the media's focus seemed misplaced. They did cover the grand opening ceremony heavily and forecast its economic implications for Hong Kong, but their focus this time around was on our fellow countrymen's behaviour on their maiden trip to this fun land, the third outside its homeland, America.

As many as 16,000 people, one-third of them from the mainland, flocked to the fun-filled fantasyland on its debut day.

A child urinats near one of the park's restaurants. [sohu]

Media reports said mainland visitors disregarded the theme park's rules and behaved improperly in the park, triggering a nationwide debate on manners and etiquette, a discussion that is still raging in the media.

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