Thousands of giant panda sculptures will welcome locals and travelers beginning on Saturday in Hong Kong, where interest for the bears hasactually grown giventhat 2 cubs were born in a regional style park
ByKANIS LEUNG Associated Press
December 2, 2024, 3: 17 AM
HONG KONG — Thousands of giant panda sculptures will welcome locals and travelers beginning Saturday in Hong Kong, where interest for the bears hasactually grown giventhat 2 cubs were born in a regional style park.
The 2,500 shows were showcased in a launch event of PANDA GO! FEST HK, the city’s biggest panda-themed exhibit, at Hong Kong’s airport on Monday. They will be openly showed at the Avenue of Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui, a popular shopping district, this weekend before setting their footprint at 3 other places this month.
One designated area is Ocean Park, home to the twin cubs, their momsanddads and 2 other pandas talented by Beijing this year. The style of 6 of the sculptures, made of recycled rubber barrels and resins amongst other products, was motivated by these bears.
The cubs — whose birth in August made their mom Ying Ying the world’s earliest newbie panda mommy — might fulfill visitors as early as February.
In a different media sneakpeek occasion on Monday, the brand-new set of Beijing-gifted pandas, An An and Ke Ke, who gothere in September, appeared unwinded in their brand-new home at Ocean Park. An An takenpleasurein consuming bamboo in front of the electroniccameras and Ke Ke climbedup on an setup. T