Revealed: First images of Ocean Park’s new water park due to open in 2017

Ocean Park's ambitious new plans for a water park to open in 2017 were unveiled today, with artists' impressions showing a futuristic entertainment hub spread across the terraced hillsides of Hong Kong's Southern district.

Wave pools, splash pools, slides and rides will be built into a series of terraced platforms, designed in harmony with the natural surroundings of Tai Shue Wan, Ocean Park said in a report submitted to the Environmental Protection Department.

The park will enjoy extensive sea views and will attract up to 10,500 visitors a day.

“This scheme now takes good advantage of the existing slope conditions by locating ride platforms on or near the slopes to minimise the amount of structural support required,” the report says of the various slides and equipment that wil be installed.

It says the design is an improvement on an earlier plan that envisaged having a flat building shaped like a “clam shell” as the focal point.

According to the environmental impact assessment report, the construction of the facility will lead to the felling of over 1,600 trees along the slope and there will be compensatory planting to make up for the loss.