# 3330
You know, you just can’t make this stuff up.
Hong Kong schools are being closed to try to slow the spread of the H1N1 virus, and so Hong Kong Disneyland decides to offer `special rates’ to entice kids to visit while school is suspended.
This is just plain nuts.
Disney’s response that they have `enhanced the cleaning and sterilizing measures’ disregards the primary way people contract the flu. By direct, close contact with infected people.
You know, like you’d have in a crowded theme park.
Disney Criticized for Discounts as Swine Flu Shuts H.K. Schools
By Andrea Wong
June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong Disneyland was criticized by the city’s government for offering a special discount to children after primary schools were shut for two weeks following a swine flu outbreak.
The theme park, which is 57 percent owned by the city government, is offering primary school children in Hong Kong unlimited visits for HK$250 ($32) during the school suspension. Hong Kong Disneyland should not “use this moment to promote business” and children should stay at home as much as possible, Secretary for Food and Health York Chow said yesterday.
“We have enhanced the cleaning and sterilizing measures in the Disneyland Park and the two hotels,” the park said in an e- mailed statement when asked to respond to the criticism. The promotion will continue as planned, Hong Kong Disneyland said.
