Disney opens new park in HK	香港迪斯尼樂園隆重開幕
Walt Disney Co. officially opened its new Hong Kong theme park on Monday, exporting a piece of the Magic Kingdom to China's doorstep in a bold bid to gain a bigger foothold in the vast Chinese market. A troupe of Chinese lion dancers in gold and red emerged from the gates of Sleeping Beauty's Castle to chase away evil spirits and bring good luck. "China is an important area for us to move forward in and building a Hong Kong Disneyland will certainly introduce everyone to who we are," Robert Braunstein, senior show program manager for the park, told reporters. Both the company and the government have high hopes resting on the success of the park, Disney's first in China and its second in Asia after Japan. Disney is clearly hoping that millions of Chinese visitors to the park will bring home a taste for its products, from mouse-ear caps and stuffed toys to DVDs. The park is also expected to give a major boost to Hong Kong's economy, creating tens of thousands of much-needed jobs and generating $19 billion in revenue at the venue over 40 years. Some visitors at rehearsals have complained of waiting for hours for rides and food and said that the park is too small. At 126 hectares (311 acres), it is less than half the size of the original Disneyland in California. The park cost $1.8 billion to build, with another $2 billion spent to reclaim land for the project and build public services. The Hong Kong government, which owns 57 percent of the park, has been accused of giving up too much in its negotiations with Disney, while other critics fear Disney could eventually open another park in Shanghai, damaging profits. "I don't think it would be a threat. We have two locations in America," Braunstein said. Nevertheless, Mickey mania has swept this city of nearly 7 million people on China's southern coast. Disney shirts and souvenirs are on sale around town and the park has received wide coverage in Hong Kong media. Local television stations broadcast the opening ceremonies live and radio stations aired announcements from the government urging people to plan ahead if they wanted to visit the park. Thousands of journalists and tourists have descended on Hong Kong for the opening, one of the biggest media events in the city since the former British colony was handed back to China in 1997. The park is expected to draw 5.6 million visitors in its first year, a third of these from mainland China.    (Agencies)	周一，美國(guó)沃爾特·迪斯尼公司宣布新建的香港迪斯尼樂園正式開幕。迪斯尼公司大膽地把奇妙王國(guó)引入中國(guó)，并希望能夠在中國(guó)這個(gè)巨大的市場(chǎng)分得更大的一塊“蛋糕”。 一群中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)的舞獅演員，穿著金色或紅色的演出服，舞著獅子從睡美人城堡中一路走來(lái)。他們趕走邪惡的精靈，帶來(lái)好運(yùn)。 “中國(guó)對(duì)于我們來(lái)說(shuō)是一個(gè)非常重要的發(fā)展區(qū)域，建設(shè)香港迪斯尼樂園肯定會(huì)讓每一個(gè)中國(guó)人都了解我們?！睒穲@負(fù)責(zé)演出的高級(jí)經(jīng)理羅伯特·布朗斯坦告訴記者說(shuō)。 不僅是迪斯尼公司，香港政府也對(duì)樂園的成功寄予很高的期望，這是迪斯尼在中國(guó)建立的第一個(gè)主題公園，也是繼日本東京迪斯尼樂園后，在亞洲建立的第二個(gè)迪斯尼樂園。 很明顯，迪斯尼公司希望游樂園的數(shù)百萬(wàn)中國(guó)游客在盡情游玩的同時(shí)把迪斯尼產(chǎn)品帶回家，從印有老鼠耳朵的帽子、填充毛絨玩具到DVD光碟。 迪斯尼樂園還有望大力推動(dòng)香港經(jīng)濟(jì)的發(fā)展，樂園提供了上萬(wàn)個(gè)急需的工作崗位，在未來(lái)的40年中還將給香港帶來(lái)190億美元的稅收收入。 在前幾天的彩排中，有游客抱怨說(shuō)為了玩游樂項(xiàng)目或吃飯都要排隊(duì)等上幾個(gè)小時(shí)，他們還抱怨說(shuō)樂園太小。香港迪斯尼樂園占地126公頃，面積還不到加州迪斯尼樂園的一半。 這座樂園的造價(jià)為18億美元，另外還花費(fèi)了20億美元用來(lái)征用建造樂園的土地和公共設(shè)施建設(shè)。 香港政府占有整個(gè)樂園股份的57%，但有人指責(zé)香港政府在和迪斯尼方面的談判中放棄了太多，還有批評(píng)擔(dān)心迪斯尼公司可能最終會(huì)選擇在上海再投資建造一家樂園，這樣會(huì)大大影響香港迪斯尼樂園的旅游收益。 “我想那不會(huì)成為威脅，在美國(guó)我們同樣在兩個(gè)不同的地方建有迪斯尼樂園，”布朗斯坦說(shuō)。 然而，米奇熱已經(jīng)席卷了這個(gè)位于中國(guó)南部海岸的將近七百萬(wàn)人口的城市。到處都能看到迪斯尼襯衫和紀(jì)念品，香港的媒體也紛紛為迪斯尼樂園曝光。 當(dāng)?shù)仉娨暸_(tái)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)直播了樂園的開幕儀式，電臺(tái)廣播了香港政府提醒市民如果想去游玩要提前做準(zhǔn)備的通知。 上千名記者和游客已經(jīng)來(lái)到香港，期待迪斯尼樂園的開幕儀式。這是自1997年香港回歸中國(guó)以來(lái)最大規(guī)模的媒體盛會(huì)之一。 香港迪斯尼樂園預(yù)期第一年將吸引560萬(wàn)游客，其中三分之一來(lái)自中國(guó)大陸。 （中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)站 薛曉文譯）