By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-22 03:29:47 | Updated at 2024-11-22 12:01:44
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Hong Kong’s twin cubs will celebrate their 100th day of birth on Saturday, with Ocean Park lining up a series of events to mark the occasion and bringing closer the prospect of the city advancing on a panda economy.
On the same day, the panda cubs’ father, Le Le, will be making his first public appearance in months at his enclosure. He will be the first of the six pandas at Ocean Park to meet the public since the cubs were born in August.
As the park’s Giant Panda Adventure attraction reopens to visitors, the question of how Hong Kong can tap into the panda economy has surfaced.
Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung Yun-hung said earlier that authorities were looking into turning the animals into intellectual property as a first step towards developing the panda economy.
