There are Chinese TV stations covering the event, both from Ren and Jin's hometown and from a national station that CNPC executives are hoping will briefly air across the country. CNPC is also making a home video for each participant. At last, the priest comes to the vows. The women reciprocate and many men slip rings on their fingers. While onstage, Whiskers takes Jewel's four hands in his flippers, Jin extracts a silver locket from his suit jacket and fumblingly puts it around Ren's neck.
Kisses seal the deal and rose bouquets are tossed in an airborne celebration.
Let the games begin. Everyone races off for the gondola to be whisked away to the rides on the headland. Once on top, past the Kodak digital souvenir imaging shop, the Coca-Cola Cool Zone and Skewer King kebab stop, Ren and Jin duck into the Shark Aquarium. Maybe it's a lesson learned from their engagement. The mainland has witnessed a 50 per cent rise in divorce cases and a fall in the number of marriages in the past 10 years, according to the Civil Affairs Ministry.