08-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Naming contest for Hong Kong's panda twin cubs draws 35,700 entries
A naming contest for Hong Kong's giant panda twin cubs received more than 35,700 entries after submissions closed on Friday.
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Ocean Park said on Saturday that it was 'blown away' by the 'overwhelming' number of name suggestions received.
'Your care and excitement for these locally born panda cubs truly warmed our hearts,' the park said.
Results of the competition will be announced in the first half of this year, with winners notified in due course.
Ocean Park added the nicknames 'Elder Sister' and 'Younger Brother' would be kept as usual, while the Mandarin pinyin of the selected Chinese names would be adopted as the English names of the twin cubs.
Visitors at Ocean Park in Wong Chuk Hang. Photo: May Tse
The twin cubs were born at the park on August 15 last year by 'Ying Ying', a giant panda gifted by the central government in 2007.
