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Ocean Park is celebrating the 100th day milestone of its home-grown panda cubs. Photo: Handout

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.

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

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

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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

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.

Hong Kong mainland visitor numbers unlikely to fully recover ‘in next 2 years’

Travel Industry Council executive director says global economy has worsened, shortage of tour guides also weighing on city’s tourism sector.

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Explainer | Unsure how to spend National Day break in Hong Kong? The Post has you covered

Hong Kong has lined up series of activities to mark 75th anniversary of country’s founding, including discounts and an evening drone show.

Hongkongers watch last year’s National Day fireworks. Photo: Elson LI

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.

‘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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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

Editorial | Excitement on home run for Hong Kong’s VIP pandas

Bears will be given state-leader treatment and police motorcade on arrival in city, where they are sure to lift spirits.

Hong Kong is in the throes of panda fever. A woman takes a photo with a blow-up panda doll in Wong Tai Sin Temple Square, ahead of the arrival of a pair of the bamboo-eating bears from Beijing. Photo: Jelly Tse

‘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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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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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

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: 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’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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Panda Watch: Hong Kong cub shows off strong hind legs before 1-month celebration

Ocean Park to give vouchers for dish traditionally eaten on such occasions, pork trotters stewed in ginger and vinegar, to mark first month.

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The twins will mark their one-month birthday on Saturday. Photo: Ocean Park

Panda-vision? Hong Kong may live-stream cubs before public debut

Ocean Park chairman says online broadcasts a possibility, with venue ramping up preparations before adult pair arrives later this month.

Panda Watch: Hong Kong’s cub twins are 3 weeks old and thriving

Twins are spending more time with mum Ying Ying while their black-and-white fur has become more solid in colour.

Food tastes change for Hong Kong’s new panda mum Ying Ying after birth of twins

Ying Ying used to like the whole of a bamboo shoot now she prefers the base, Ocean Park says.

Ying Ying enjoys a chew on some bamboo. Photo: Elson Li

Panda Watch: Hong Kong’s cub twins start to develop black-and-white features

Despite being twins, ‘Little Brother’ has more pronounced dark patches, while ‘Elder Sister’ is slightly larger

Photo: Facebook/Ocean Park Hong Kong

Opinion | Will new pandas boost Hong Kong tourism? It’s not black and white

If Hong Kong is to return to pre-pandemic levels of tourism, it must go beyond pandas and seek out bona fide mega events.

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What are Hong Kong’s baby panda twins up to?

A window into their development as the cubs in Ocean Park start to grow fur and blink towards the light

Panda Watch: Hong Kong’s cub twins survive first critical days after birth

New mum Ying Ying has been struggling with lactation but has been tightly embracing and grooming the younger cub.

The latest photos show the cubs have started to sprout sparse fur on their pink skin. Photo: Facebook/Ocean Park

Hong Kong panda cub melts hearts on social media with just a wiggle of its tummy

Ocean Park uploads clip of one of the twins, with internet users going wild for latest sighting of city’s first locally born panda cubs.

A screengrab of Ocean Park’s latest video to feature one of the panda cubs born earlier this month. Photo: Ocean Park

Hong Kong’s 4-day-old panda twins stable but ‘a little fragile’: Ocean Park chief

Ocean Park chairman Paulo Pong promises more timely social media updates on first locally born pandas, says they are eating and excreting well.

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More room needed for pandas at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park, tourism minister says

Secretary Kevin Yeung pledges financial help to theme park that must now house 6 pandas, while newborn twins quickly gain social media following.

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Ocean Park
Ocean Park is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, animal theme park and amusement park in the Southern District of Hong Kong
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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