According to press reports, the park will be constructed within a few kilometers of the Chek Lap Kok airport. which opened last year.

CNN: DONALD AND MICKEY

Both times that China's president visited Hong Kong for the 1997 handover and the opening a year later of Chek Lap Kok airport he stayed at Li's hotel, a unique honor.

CNN: Master of Guanxi

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.

CNN: Making A Magic Kingdom

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.

CNN: Making A Magic Kingdom

On July 6, the Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok opened for business, five days after the territory celebrated its first year as a special administrative region of China.

CNN: A Date with Disaster

Indeed, Asiaweek has learned that a steady stream of reports about serious deficiencies and potential problems at Chek Lap Kok had been given to the airport projects steering committee headed by Chief Secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang.

CNN: A Date with Disaster