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Hong Kong panda cubs can help boost economy and residents’ national identity: lawmakers
- Lawmakers say business opportunities widespread after giant panda Ying Ying gives birth to twins at Ocean Park
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Hong Kong can make use of the newly born twin giant panda cubs to boost residents’ sense of national identity alongside developing the local economy, lawmakers have said.
The city earlier learned that giant panda Ying Ying had given birth to the twins on Thursday, as the city waited for the arrival of another two bears from mainland China’s Sichuan province before the end of September.
The births have also boosted the number of pandas at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park to six.
Lawmaker Lo Wai-kwok, of the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong, on Saturday said the newborns could help bolster patriotism among residents.
“We should approach national education from a range of angles,” he told a radio programme.
“Different flora and fauna that carry Chinese characteristics can be excellent topics for national education, alongside our culture, history and the nation’s rapid technological advancement.”
He said Hong Kong could also make the most of a “panda economy” with the use of themed MTR carriages or the creation of Instagrammable spots at Ocean Park and the rest of the city.
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