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Crowds flock to Ocean Park to celebrate Hong Kong’s giant panda cubs turning 100 days old. Photo: Dickson Lee
Ocean Park

Pork knuckles, red eggs party: Hong Kong giant panda cubs turn 100 days old

Giant panda Le Le also makes first public appearance in two months as park reopens special enclosure for bears.

Panda Watch

Panda Watch: how can Hong Kong cash in on panda economy as cubs reach milestone?

Panda Watch

Panda Watch: Hong Kong’s cubs ready for 100-day milestone

Panda Watch

Panda Watch: Hong Kong cubs near 3-month mark, more playful antics ahead

Ocean Park says pandas entering crucial stage of development in which they will become more active and explore their surroundings.

“Younger Brother” (left) and “Elder Sister” will soon turn three months old. Photo: Ocean Park
Ocean Park

Hong Kong’s Ocean Park to mark panda cubs’ 100th day with local delicacy giveaway

Festivities to be held on November 23 and 24, coinciding with reopening of some giant panda attractions.

Asean

Letters | Asean must ditch neutrality and stand up for rule of law

Readers discuss Asean’s challenge to remain relevant, a Hong Kong company’s celebration of the panda cubs, and how John Lee compares with past leaders.

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Panda Watch

Panda Watch: Hong Kong cub ‘winces’ at mother’s poo, experts explain scent marking behaviour

Ocean Park posts amusing moment between Ying Ying and cub, while experts explain scent marking part of animals’ natural behaviour.

Ke Ke, one of the two adult giant pandas gifted to the city by Beijing. Photo: Instagram.
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong sauce firm unveils signboard to mark first 100 days of twin panda cubs

Sign placed outside Pat Chun’s Mong Kok store on last day of registration for pork promotion in company’s bid to leverage on panda economy.

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Ocean Park

Hong Kong’s new pandas explore Ocean Park home after finishing quarantine

An An and Ke Ke still need at least another 30 days to adapt to enclosure, but Ocean Park says bears in good health and ‘eager’ to explore.

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Panda Watch

Panda Watch: Hong Kong cubs’ tails grow rounder, start to ‘disappear’ at 70 days

Fur on ‘Elder Sister’ fuzzier and she is more gentle and quiet, while ‘Little Brother’ has louder shrieks.

‘Big Sister’ has black patches around her eyes that look like eyeliner, says zookeeper Elke Wu. Photo: Ocean Park
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong should scrap ‘panda economy’ focus as it is too ‘low end’: ex-minister

Anthony Cheung also says Hong Kong struggling to appeal to investors because it has been ‘projecting an image of a national security city’.

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A panda-themed installation in New Town Plaza in Sha Tin. Photo: Sam Tsang
Panda Watch

Panda Watch: Hong Kong cub twins happier and healthier at 2 months old

Ocean Park says ‘Elder Sister’ has gone from 122 grams to 2.7kg and ‘Little Brother’ now weighs in at 2.54kg after starting out at 112 grams.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s Ying Ying recovering slowly as panda twins start crawling

Ocean Park’s Howard Chuk says the cubs have developed stronger mobility in their limbs and can move around their cots.

Hong Kong society

Panda Watch: Hong Kong cubs starting to develop their own distinctive features

Ocean Park says ‘Elder Sister’ has little black bumps on her shoulder while ‘Little Brother’ does not.

Elder Sister (left) and Little Brother. Photo: Ocean Park
Panda Watch

Panda Watch: Hong Kong cubs ‘starting to see the world’ and out of incubators

Twins are developing ever-thicker coats and have got better at regulating their body temperatures.

Normally, one cub spends time with a caretaker as the other is nursed by Ying Ying, who is learning the ropes of motherhood. Photo: Ocean Park
Hong Kong economy

Panda personality: outgoing An An, cautious Ke Ke adjust to Hong Kong at own pace

Ocean Park says pair adjusting well after arriving last week, but ‘princess’ Ke Ke taking a little longer to feel completely at ease.

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Hong Kong

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.

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Panda Watch

Panda Watch: cubs’ eyes open wider, spotlight shared with Hong Kong newcomers

Twins pass six-week mark, as adult panda pair touch down in city to begin 30-day quarantine at Ocean Park.

The cubs’ eyes have yet to fully open, but “separation” between the upper and lower eyelids has begun. Photo: Instagram/pandahk_official
Pandas

Giant pandas from Beijing arrive in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

‘Double happiness’: Hong Kong’s 2 new pandas set for Christmas unveiling

Chief Secretary Eric Chan hails arrival of An An and Ke Ke ahead of National Day holiday period, as Ocean Park prepares for December debut.

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Hong Kong economy

Letters | Why Hongkongers aren’t eating out

Readers discuss just how the culture of eating and drinking out has changed, and panda names.

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A shuttered restaurant in Happy Valley in 2023. Photo: Edmond So
Ocean Park

Christmas gifts: giant pandas An An and Ke Ke to meet Hongkongers in December

Bears get official welcome at ceremony attended by Chief Secretary Eric Chan and tourism minister Kevin Yeung at the airport.

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An An and Ke Ke arrive at Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: Elson Li
Ocean Park

‘Sichuan-flavoured’ food to help incoming pandas adjust to new Hong Kong home

Pandas will be met by city’s No 2 official in a welcoming ceremony at Hong Kong airport.

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Ocean Park

Hong Kong to hold naming contest for 2 new giant pandas in October: John Lee

Hong Kong leader says the pair of giant pandas expected to arrive in city on Thursday will meet the public in December.

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Pandas

Hong Kong to create panel to name giant pandas being gifted to city by Beijing

Chief Executive John Lee expected to announce panel members on Tuesday, days before pandas arrived in city after 30-day quarantine.

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One of the pandas living at the Dujiangyan base of the China Conservation and Research Centre. Beijing has gifted two of the animals to Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Pandas

Elite Hong Kong motorcyclists to escort 2 new pandas from airport to Ocean Park

Motorcycles in arrow formation will be responsible for the bears’ 40km journey from airport to theme park upon their arrival from Sichuan.

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Elite Hong Kong motorcyclists from Police Force Escort Group. Photo: Jelly Tse
Panda Watch

Panda Watch: Hong Kong cubs put on healthy weight at 5-week mark

But experts say giant panda cubs will only start to eat more solid food at about 2½ years of age.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s panda twins to be taken out of incubators in 2 weeks: Ocean Park

‘They’re constantly wriggling and playing on their bed, and sometimes they even let out a loud squeal,’ park says.

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26 August, 2024
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