Ocean Park Hong Kong has some new Easter Season dining ideas, priming the pump in anticipation of stiff competition from Hong Kong Disneyland, which is set to open in September.

There's dinner in the deep blue sea, a four-course dinner at the oceanarium.

Another mealtime bit of fun features a buffet brunch while watching sea lions play, or even having a try at feeding the hungry creatures.

And then there's breakfast while An An and Jia Jia chow down on their normal diet of bamboo at the park's Giant Panda Habitat, the Sing Pao Newspaper reports.

The new strategy hopes to attract an estimated 400,000 visitors, bringing in revenues of about HK$1 million (US$12,800), park officials said.

(China Daily March 21, 2005)