LettersMove Hong Kong Disneyland to ease city’s housing crisis

I read with great interest that “Hong Kong Disneyland’s option on next-door site will not be renewed, as park ‘could not commit to near-term expansion’” (September 24).

If the Hong Kong government is considering alternative uses for the land near the smallest Disneyland in the world – which continues to struggle financially even in the best of times – perhaps the entire Disney site needs a rethink during this transformative era.

If the mainland offers to lease Guishan Island west of Lantau to Hong Kong in a bid to solve the city’s housing crisis, why not create a new, bigger-and-better Disneyland, other theme parks, hotels, resorts, marinas and other tourism attractions at Guishan while converting the entire existing Disney site to housing?

A new theme park complex at Guishan would be free from any nearby visual obstructions – a prerequisite for any theme park – and could become a multi-day destination, for visitors from Hong Kong, the mainland and beyond. Such an ambitious project might include attractions and activities that rival Singapore’s Sentosa Island and even become the premiere theme park resort in southern China.