Hong Kong’s favourite giant rubber duck is returning to Victoria Harbour but it’s bigger and it’s bringing a friend
- Two giant yellow ducks being tested in dockyard in Tsing Yi before being towed to waters off Admiralty
- It is unclear exactly where the ducks will be placed in Victoria Harbour or how long they’ll stay
An inflatable rubber duck that floated in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour a decade ago will return to the city in mid-June, and not only has it grown but it is bringing a friend, the Post has learned.
The two yellow rubber ducks were being tested in waters at a dockyard in Tsing Yi on Thursday morning before they would be towed off to Admiralty in about a week, sources familiar with the arrangement said.
“The public art project will be subject to weather conditions as typhoon season is approaching, and it is hoped that the sculptures will attract more tourists and bring joy to Hong Kong,” an insider said.
Organiser AllRightsReserved, a Hong Kong-based art studio, was still finalising details with local authorities, such as the exact location in the harbour and how long the pieces would be displayed, they said, with an announcement expected on June 1.
Hong Kong is in the early stages of recovering from the havoc caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and tourists have only just started to return in numbers following the cancellation of all the travel curbs in February.
In the early hours of Thursday, dockyard workers were seen preparing to inflate the giant ducks. More than 20 staff members strapped the ducks to bases with the help of a crane before towing the installations out to nearby waters for a test run.
