Naming contest for giant pandas gifted to Hong Kong by Beijing open to public
Tourism chief Kevin Yeung says public can submit entries from Wednesday to October 27, and can also join painting competition from October 21
Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung Yun-hung encouraged residents to submit their suggestions for the two bears, An An and Ke Ke, and also join a painting competition.
“Although the two pandas already have names, we think there may be ones that are even more suitable and correspond to their characteristics,” he said.
Yeung added that submissions should be made with an accompanying paragraph of about 100 words explaining why the proposed names were suitable.
The competition’s terms and conditions also state the entries should be two to four characters long, easy to pronounce, and “must not contain discriminatory, controversial, or inappropriate words or meanings”.