Ocean Park celebrates Hong Kong’s first newborn panda twins 100 day birthday with 16,000 visitors

Hong Kong's first locally born pandas cubs turned 100 days old on Saturday at Ocean Park, which drew more than 16,000 to its birthday celebrations. 

Panda twins’ father Le Le also made an appearance for the first time in two months.

Some visitors were given Chinese traditional blessing food, including red eggs and pork knuckles. 

While visitors won’t be able to see the twin pandas until they are at least 6 months old, the park live streamed video footage of the twins.

 “Elder sister weighs 5.3kg, while the little brother is now 5.5kg,” Chairman of Ocean Park, Paulo Pong Kin-Yee, said in a media Q&A. 

“They are undergoing an explosive growth and appear to have teeth now,” Pong said.

“We need to cherish them because pandas represent China,” Queenie Yu, 40, who dressed as a panda for the celebration, said. “Le Le and Ying Ying finally got their children.”

“Le Le looked shy at the beginning.When the staff took a ball for him to play, he moved around and appeared to us, we miss him a lot,” Yu said.

Zheng Deliang, 27, a visitor from Shenzhen, came to Hong Kong at 7am today. “I am fascinated with the cute pandas,” he said. “Their fluffy skin and color pattern attracted me most.”

“I will participate in some events later because it is a treasured moment in Hong Kong,” Zheng said.

Yeung Yun-Hung, Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, said a campaign named Hello Pandas will kick off next month. “It is a time to enhance the panda economy, as the giant panda will act as a mascot promoting Hong Kong tourists,” he said in a press Q&A session.

Hong Kong also received two giant pandas as a gift from China in September, bringing the number of Hong Kong’s pandas to six.

 “An An and Ke Ke gifted to Hong Kong by the Central Government are adapting well. They will most likely meet the public in mid-December,” Yeung said.