Hello Kitty-themed amusement park once touted for Macau to be built in Hainan – Macau Business

A Hello Kitty-themed amusement park and resort a project once proposed by Legislator and businesswoman Angela Leong On Kei for Macau will be built in the Haitang Bay area of Hainan island, Allin Media reported.

The project will be developed by Hong Kong group Keyestone Group and will spread over 52 acres and include a 250-room luxury hotel, for an estimated cost RMB4 billion (US$620 million) when completed.

Construction was already initiated started last month and the park is set to open in the second half of 2024.

If completed it will be the second in China after Anji in eastern Zhejiang province, which opened in 2015.

Legislator and businesswoman Angela Leong On Kei was the first to propose the development of a MOP10 billionHello Kitty Theme Parkin Macau, via its company Macau Theme Park and Resorts.

However, the project faced development snags after first applying for a license in 2014 due to changes in the local Land Law, and after being projected to be completed in 2018, the current Lisboeta resort ended up being developed on the land plot initially earmarked for the project instead.

Hos son and head of Macau Theme Park and Resorts, Arnaldo Ho Yau Heng, later revealed that the proposed Hello Kitty theme park project was repeatedly delayed due to a lack of government approvals.

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