On Lantau Island, west of Hong Kong Island, are two other idyllic seaside camping spots.
The Tian Tan Buddha, or Big Buddha as it is often called, on Lantau Island is a must-sightsee.
Ecologists were angry with the plan, saying it would destroy Lantau as a green lung and cause irreversible damage to the environment.
Lantau's relatively few residents, as well as its swaths of undeveloped verdant mountains and clean beaches, mean that it's an ideal and accessible getaway.
However, media reports have since claimed that the park, situated on Lantau Island off Hong Kong, is attracting fewer visitors than Disney had hoped.
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The Disney project is one of many slated for Lantau island.
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John Luciw's family moved to the suburban district of Discovery Bay, on Lantau island three year ago, in the belief that the air quality is better there.
On August 9th, in the toughest move yet against a private developer, the government seized back a piece of land which contains an underground columbarium, on Lantau island.
Along Lantau's south shore is on Pui O beach, where events space Ooh-La La (852-2984-8710) has more than 200 tents for rent and a private campsite behind their restaurant.
The government has invested heavily in securing the park: granting Disney a beautiful site on Lantau island, lending construction money and laying a dedicated train line (the carriages come with Mickey-shaped windows).
Hong Kong Disneyland, as it will be known, is to be built on 126 hectares of reclaimed land at Penny's Bay, a nondescript inlet on Lantau Island, close to the new Chek Lap Kok airport.
There will be a fireworks display every night, but subdued enough not to interfere with flights in and out of Chek Lap Kok airport or with residents of Discovery Bay, a middle-class housing enclave along the Lantau coast.
On March 3rd the Hong Kong government announced that it was in negotiations with Disney to create the company's fifth theme park, on reclaimed land on Lantau Island, the home of Hong Kong's new airport and just a short subway ride from Hong Kong island itself.
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