Located on the south side of Hong Kong Island, on 879,000 square meters of land on both sides of Brick Hill
(Nam Long Shan), Ocean Park was Hong Kong’s home grown marine theme park [see Exhibit 1]. Opened
in 1977, construction of the Park was funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club on a site granted by the Hong
Kong Government at a nominal premium.2
Until 30 June 1987, Ocean Park had operated as a subsidiary of
the Hong Kong Jockey Club. On 1 July 1987, the Park became a not-for-profit organization, managed by
Ocean Park Corporation (OPC) incorporated under the Ocean Park Ordinance. The mandate of OPC,
stipulated by the Ordinance, was to manage Ocean Park as a public recreational and educational park and
to develop Ocean Park for purposes of recreation or education