Blofeld style suicide theme park proposed for Hong Kong island

MI6.co.uk ^ | 08/14/05

[Panerai]

A Hong Kong official said one of the territory's tiny islands could make a killing with a novel theme park based on its unsavoury reputation as a suicide spot, a media report said this week.

The plan is similar to Ernst Stavro Blofeld's suicide garden in Ian Fleming's 1964 James Bond novel "You Only Live Twice".

The morbid suggestion to create a ghost-town attraction where guests were dared to spend the night in "haunted flats" came at a meeting of local leaders on little Cheung Chau island.

Councillor Lam Kit-sing said the island should capitalise on the grisly reputation of one of its holiday homes, where 20 people have taken their lives in the past eight years. Another five people attempted suicide there.

Lam believes the macabre park could be an added attraction for the millions ofpeople expected in the city when Hong Kong Disneyland opens in September.

"A dirty spot yesterday will be an attraction tomorrow," he was quoted as saying in the South China Morning Post.

"This is innovative and has a selling point."

The proposal received little support from fellow councillors, the paper said.

[sinanju]

I read all the Ian Fleming novels in junior high. I was wondering when someone would draw a parallel.

I guess few people nowadays have actually read the books. "You Only Live Twice" was completely different from the movie version.

[Gondring]

You only live twice
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face

[Gondring]

The Fleming (book) Bond character was totally different from the movie versions, too! :-(

[scrabblehack]

You only live twice
When you are born and when you
Look Death in the face.

[EagleUSA]

...where 20 people have taken their lives in the past eight years....
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Given the ChiComs, maybe this translates to: we executed 20 dissenters and they are no longer a problem for our SUPREME GOVERNMENT (the envy of Hillary)...